- Unaired footage of Nancy Pelosi after Jan. 6 shows she quickly turned her focus to Trump.
- The then-Speaker called him a "domestic enemy" and said he had to "pay a price."
A batch of new footage of then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi's reaction to January 6 reveals her scathing anger toward Donald Trump, whom she called a "domestic enemy." Pelosi wasted no time pivoting her attention from her own safety to the former president and security failures.
Pelosi's daughter, Alexandra Pelosi, filmed key moments on Jan. 5, 6, and 7, 2021 as part of a documentary. HBO handed the footage over to the House Committee on Administration, a Republican-led panel that is working to counteract the January 6 select committee's conclusion that Trump alone is responsible for the day's chaos, Politico reported.
"I just feel sick about what he did to the Capitol and the country," Pelosi said while riding in her SUV in the early hours of January 7. "He's got to pay a price for that."
Later that day, Pelosi sat with aides in her ravaged office, wearing a multicolor floral mask and discussing the "failure of leadership at the top of the Capitol Police." By the end of the discussion, Pelosi turned her attention toward Trump and took on a sharper tone.
"There is a domestic enemy in the White House," she said. "And let's not mince words about this."
In June, Alexandra Pelosi's footage of her mother immediately following the evacuation was released. Walking down the hallway, Pelosi said she didn't support the decision to leave and fumed about the lack of security.
"How many times did members ask, 'Are we prepared? Are we prepared?' We're not prepared for the worst," she said. "We're calling the national guard now? It should've been here to start out with. I just don't understand it."
Her anger and regret only build as she rides away from the Capitol in her SUV. An animated Pelosi points her finger with each new point and said that she "feels responsible" for not having the National Guard more prepared.
"It's stupid that we should be in a situation like this. Because they thought they had what? They thought these people would act civilized? They thought these people gave a damn?"
By the end of the footage, Pelosi leans back in her chair and directs her anger beyond the security leaders: "Shame on us."