Jack Smith has new evidence about 'very angry' Trump's Jan. 6 actions: report

  (Raw Story) : According to a bombshell report from ABC News, one of Donald Trump's closest advisers has described the former president's actions behind the scenes during the Jan. 6 insurrection to investigators working for special counsel Jack Smith. The report states that senior adviser Dan Scavino, who refused to talk to the House select committee investigating the riot at the Capitol, has been more forthcoming with Smith's probe and detailed Trump's reactions as he watched the violence unfold on TV. According to the report, "Sources said Scavino told Smith's investigators that as the violence began to escalate that day, Trump 'was just not interested' in doing more to stop it," adding, "Sources also said former Trump aide Nick Luna told federal investigators that when Trump was informed that then-Vice President Mike Pence had to be rushed to a secure location, Trump responded, 'So what?' -- which sources said Luna saw as an unexpected willingness by Trump to let potential harm come to a longtime loyalist." The report adds that former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, ex-White House counsel Pat Cipollone and his former deputy, Pat Philbin, have also provided testimony. ALSO READ: Five unresolved questions surrounding the Jan. 6 attack In one admission, Scavino told investigators he informed the ex-president by phone on Jan. 6: "This is all your legacy here, and there's smoke coming out of the Capitol." The report adds that Scavino described Trump as being "very angry" on Jan.6 — not at the ..