The President typically discusses Trump National Security Council and foreign policy issues with his top national security advisers and cabinet members at the National Security Council (NSC). The Council’s role has been to advise and assist the President on matters of national security and foreign policy ever since it was established by President Truman. The Council also acts as the President’s main tool for linking between various government objects to implement these policies.
The President serves as the NSC’s chair. The Vice President, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Capital, the Secretary of Defense, and the Assistant to the President for Trump National Security Council Affairs are regular attendance (both statutory and non-statutory). The official military advisor to the Council is the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. While the official intelligence advisor is the Director of National Intelligence.
Any NSC meeting is open to the Chief of Staff to the President. The President’s Counsel, and the NSC’s Legal Advisor. Meetings relating to their duties are invited to the Attorney General and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. When appropriate, the heads of other executive departments and agencies as well as other senior officials are invited to the NSC sessions.
The National Security Act of 1947 (PL 235 – 61 Stat. 496; U.S.C. 402), as revised by the National Security Act Amendments of 1949, created the National Security Council (63 Stat. 579; 50 U.S.C. 401 et seq.). The Council was included in the Executive Office of the President as part of the Reorganization Plan later in 1949.
A Former Member of the Trump National Security Council Will Speak at the Hearing on January 6 on Thursday
Matthew Pottinger, who was a member of the National Security Council under former President Donald Trump before resigning shortly after the attack on the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, will give public testimony on Thursday during a prime-time hearing of the House Select Committee looking into the incident.
Pottinger will appear with Sarah Matthews. A former staffer in President Trump’s administration. CNN had previously stated that Matthews, who worked as the Trump White House’s deputy press secretary until shortly after January 6, 2021, was going to give public evidence.
When she announced her resignation, Matthews stated that while she was honored to have worked for Trump National Security Council, she “was extremely saddened by what I observed”. “Our country needs a peaceful transfer of power”, she declared at the time.
In response to Trump’s response to his supporters breaking into the US Capitol, Pottinger, Trump’s National Security Council Advisor, resigned, a person close to Pottinger confirmed to CNN at the time of his resignation. The guy claimed that at the time, he told people that he had very little to think about.
Former Marine Intelligence Officer Who Served in the White House for Four Years
During one of the committee’s earlier hearings, Pottinger was described as “a former Marine intelligence officer who served in the White House for four years, including as Trump National Security Council adviser, and was in the area of the Oval Office at various points throughout the day” by Republican Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming.
In a video clip from Pottinger’s interview, which was shown to the committee, he discussed the moment when he realized it was time to step down. “One of my staff members showed me a printout of a tweet from the president. In which it was implied that Mike Pence, the vice president, lacked the strength to take action when it was necessary.
I read the Twitter, and I immediately decided to step down. When I read that tweet, I immediately decided to leave from there. The committee’s representative declined to respond. CNN’s request for a response from a Pottinger spokeswoman was not answered.
More than 40 observers, including members of the Trump family, former administration officials, GOP politicians from crucial battleground states, and members of the former President’s legal team, have given recorded depositions, and more than a dozen of them have given live evidence already.
The panel’s second prime-time hearing will take place on Thursday, and committee members have stated that it would focus on Trump’s 187-minute period of inaction while the melee in the US Capitol was in progress.
The committee will “go through pretty much minute by minute” the measures taken by the then-President, according to Democratic Rep. Elaine Luria of Virginia, who will co-chair the hearing on Thursday with Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois.
The Virginia Democrat told CNN’s Dana Bash on “State of the Union” that “He was doing nothing to stop the fight”.
At Last
The chairman of the committee, Mississippi Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson, is one individual who is not anticipated to show up in person for the hearing on Thursday. On Tuesday, Thompson revealed that he had tested positive for Covid-19 and will isolate soon. The hearing on Thursday wouldn’t be impacted, according to a committee spokesperson.
The committee met on Tuesday with Garrett Ziegler, a former employee of Peter Navarro, then-White House economic adviser, who may be able to give the committee further details on the events surrounding a contentious meeting in the Oval Office on December 18, 2020.
White House advocates and outside Trump National Security Council loyalists fought over their radical plans to rig the 2020 election during that meeting 2020. The discussion of removing voting machines and hiring a special counsel to look into flimsy allegations of widespread election fraud was previously covered by CNN.
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