President Joe Biden decried his predecessor for failing to try and stop last year’s deadly mob attack on the Capitol, saying Monday that ' Donald Trump lacked the courage to act” as hours of “medieval hell” unfolded.
But his comments to the conference were the clearest link Biden has made between Trump and the insurrection since abegan holding hearings in June as part of its work to get to the bottom of all that occurred.
He added that while Trump was “doing that, brave law enforcement officers are subject to the medieval hell for three hours.”, testifying before the House Jan. 6 committee about Trump’s temper as he sat in his dining room and watched TV as his plans to overturn the election fell apart. In his pre-taped comments, Biden noted that law enforcement officers during the insurrection were “dripping in blood, surrounded by carnage, face-to-face with a crazed mob that believed the lies of the defeated president.”
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