Former US President Donald Trump has accused the House of Representatives committee that investigates the attacks on the Capitol by his supporters of being “highly corrupt and biased.”
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Former US President Donald Trump
Former US President Donald Trump has strongly attacked the parliamentary committee that investigates the attacks by his supporters on Capitol Buildingon January 6, 2021.
Hours after lawmakers wrapped up hearings seeking to convict him for his inaction during the riots in the capital, Trump said on the Twitter-like platform of TruthSocial: “I ran a rigged election that was stolen from me and our country. The United States is going to hell. Should I be happy?”, accusing the committee of being “too corrupt and biased.”
The 76-year-old president, who is showing an interest in running for president in 2024, questioned why lawmakers had not asked the Secret Service to confirm what a former White House employee had said that Trump sought to drive an officer’s car in an attempt to join the protesters. And he replied, in response: “Because they know the answer and they don’t like it. A bad court.”
Not only did Trump do that, but he attacked the prominent Republican member of the Senate, Mitch McConnell, describing him as a “cheap and deceitful”, after the committee broadcast previously unreported footage of McConnell’s efforts to vacate the Capitol, so that Congress could certify the victory of Democrat Joe Biden. in the elections.
After administration witnesses testified that Trump had not contacted any city or federal officials to quell the violence, the Republican president sought to blame his political opponent, Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
He also described Liz Cheney as “the loser and the plaintiff”, after the Republican representative called him “an unpatriotic and dangerous man, for repeating the lie of the rigged elections.”
During eight hearings, the committee built a case asserting that Trump helped organize the riots, especially that he refused for hours to urge his supporters to return to their homes, and stressed that he was “no longer fit for office.”
Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, continued her sharp attack on Trump, Thursday night, and said: “Can a president who wanted to make the choices made by Donald Trump, during the violence of January 6, be trusted in any location? authority in our great nation, again?”
called Benny ThompsonThe head of the US Congressional Committee to investigate the storming of the Capitol, to hold former President Donald Trump accountable before the law, blaming him for what happened at the time.
Thompson said, at the opening of the last public hearing of the investigative committee, yesterday, Thursday, that Trump “refused to leave the dining room of the White House in order to prevent the storming of the Capitol Building on January 6, 2021.”
On January 6, 2021, at the invitation of Donald Trump, thousands of Americans went to Washington to protest against the result of the presidential election, which was won by current President Joe Biden, They attacked Congress in disarray.