A retired Republican judge says January 6 was a 'well-developed plan' by Trump to 'cling to power,' according to a written statement he intends to submit for the committee's record obtained exclusively by CNN.
Retired federal judge J. Michael Luttig, a Republican who is testifying at Thursday's January 6 committee hearing, will provide a sharp condemnation of former President Donald Trump's attempts to overturn the 2020 election, saying Trump and his allies"instigated" a war on democracy"so that he could cling to power," according to a written statement he intends to submit for the committee's record obtained exclusively by CNN.
Luttig outlined in his statement how close he believed democracy came to the brink."It is breathtaking that these arguments even were conceived, let alone entertained by the President of the United States at that perilous moment in history," Luttig wrote."Had the Vice President of the United States obeyed the President of the United States, America would immediately have been plunged into what would have been tantamount to a revolution within a paralyzing constitutional crisis.
See George Conway's reaction to new photos of Pence hiding on Jan. 6 01:49Luttig concluded that January 6"was the final fateful day for the execution of a well-developed plan by the former president to overturn the 2020 presidential election at any cost."Read MoreThe retired judge praised Pence for his actions on January 6 and his willingness to stand up to Trump and his allies."There were many cowards on the battlefield on January 6," Luttig wrote.
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