Watch: Jan. 6 Committee Plays Outtakes of Trump’s Jan. 7 Address to the Nation At Public Hearing

Outtakes from former President 👤Donald Trump’s Jan. 7 prepared comments to the nation following the certification of the 🗳️2020 Presidential Election were played for the Jan. 6 House Select Committee.

Clips from Trump’s attempts to film the address were played in the Jan. 6 committee’s eighth public hearing on Thursday evening, according to The Washington Post.

Trump’s comments started with him addressing the rioters’ actions on Capitol Hill saying, “I would like to begin by addressing the heinous attack yesterday, and to those who broke the law, you will pay.”

“You do not represent our movement. You do not represent our country, And if you broke the law —” Trump said before stopping.

The then-president stopped short saying, “you can’t say that. I’m not, I already said, ‘you will pay.’”

Trump began again saying, “The demonstrators who infiltrated the Capitol have defied the seat – it’s defiled, right? See, I can’t see it very well. Okay, I’ll do this. I’m going to do this. Let’s go.”

Clips of Trump starting and stopping went on with him making various adjustments to the script he was given for the address.

“But this election is now over,” Trump said. “Congress