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The January 6 select committee's latest public hearing on Thursday said that then US President Donald Trump chose not to intervene as a mob of his supporters attacked the Capitol.

Adam Kinzinger, one of the 10 Republicans who voted to impeach Trump for inciting an insurrection at the Capitol said, "President Trump did not fail to act, he chose not to act."

The Thursday primetime hearing focused on what happened during the 187 minutes between Trump's speech, during which he encouraged supporters to march to the Capitol, and when he put out a video urging them to go home.

 "Trump sat in his dining room and watched the attack on television while his senior-most staff, closest advisers and family members begged him to do what is expected of any American president", Congresswoman Elaine Luria said during the hearing.

"President Trump refused to act because of his selfish desire to stay in power," she added.

The nine-member committee, which is comprised of seven Democrats and two Republicans, said they confirmed through interviews that Trump did not call senior law enforcement or military leaders, Vice President Mike Pence's staff or Washington government officials to issue orders or offer assistance during the riot.

Matthew Pottinger, a former White House security official, told the House January 6 committee that Donald Trump's refusal to accept the 2020 presidential election played into the hands of the United States' adversaries.

Pottinger, who served as Trump's deputy national security adviser, told the probe on Thursday, that any presidential transition is a "time of vulnerability" even "under the best circumstances."

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The committee announced that it will reconvene for three more hearings in September.