Ex-president’s remarks come after his former vice-president said that history will hold Trump accountable for the violence
Donald Trump on Monday responded to Mike Pence’sthat history will hold him accountable for the January 6 attack on Congress, saying the deadly attack was his former vice-president’s fault.
“Had he sent the votes back to the legislatures, they wouldn’t have had a problem with January 6, so in many ways you can blame him for January 6,” TrumpHe was referring to his attempt to have Pence, in his role as Senate president, refuse to certify election results in battleground states, on grounds of supposed electoral fraud, thereby overturning Trump’s conclusive defeat by Joe Biden.
Trump added: “Had he sent them back to Pennsylvania, Georgia, Arizona … I believe, number one, you would have had a different outcome. But I also believe you wouldn’t have had ‘January 6’ as we call it.”to the attack on Congress, including law enforcement suicides. The riot happened after Trump told supporters to “fight like hell”. More than a thousand rioters have been arrested, hundreds charged and many convicted, some with seditious conspiracy. Others remain wanted.
Trump was impeached for inciting an insurrection but acquitted when enough Senate Republicans remained loyal. Last year, the House January 6 committee madeThe January 6 committee outlined how Pence refused to go along with Trump’s plan to block certification, after advisersOn the plane to Iowa on Monday, Trump falsely claimed again Pence “had the right” to refuse to certify results.
Pence was otherwise a doggedly loyal vice-president but he is now preparing his own presidential bid. He addressed Trump’s culpability for the riot on Saturday, in remarks
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