Former US president Donald Trump used his social media platform to claim the “rush on the Capitol” was not caused by him but a “stolen election”.
Former US president Donald Trump has hit back at claims he incited last year’s attack on the US Capitol and has blasted his former attorney-general as a “coward” for debunking his view of a rigged election.
Trump denied the committee’s claim that he had said his vice president Mike Pence “deserves” to be hanged for not tossing out electoral votes, insisting instead that “this is either a made-up story by somebody looking to become a star, or fake news!” “Bill Barr was a weak and frightened attorney-general who was always being ‘played’ and threatened by the Democrats and was scared stiff of being impeached,” Trump fumed.
The hearing was broadcast by most other networks during the 8pm prime-time slot in the US, giving Americans the first real glimpse of an 11-month-long investigation that has so far amassed about 140,000 documents, interviewed 1000 witnesses and cost $US3.5 million . “We have to protect our democracy,” he said. “We’ve seen how the battle for the soul of America has been far from won.”Thursday’s hearing was the first of at least six public hearings by the nine member committee, which features two Republicans who have now been sidelined by their party: Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger.
“I say this to my Republican colleagues who are defending the indefensible,” she said. “There will come a day when Donald Trump is gone, but your dishonour will remain.”
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