Former United States President Donald Trump has said that the January 6, 2021 attack by his followers on the Federal Capitol was “one of the most important movements in history for America to regain its greatness.”
The attack on the US Federal Capitol on January 6, 2021 was the “culmination of a coup attempt” in the country, the chairman of the special committee of inquiry of the House of Representatives stressed on Thursday, presenting the first conclusions of the investigation. carried out on the responsibilities of former President Donald Trump in connection with the bloody incidents that shook the American republic.
Protesters stormed the US Capitol on that day with the “encouragement” of the former Republican president, said the chairman of the special committee of inquiry, Democratic MP Benny Thompson.
The long-awaited presentation of the committee’s conclusions began around 03:00 (Greek time), at a time of high ratings in the USA. Over the past year, its members – seven Democrats, two Republicans – have heard more than 1,000 witnesses, including the former president’s two children, and studied 140,000 documents in an effort to shed light on Mr. Trump’s actions and gestures before start the attack, during and after.
Trump: The “Greatest Movement in History” in the United States
Former United States President Donald Trump has said that the January 6, 2021 attack by his followers on the Federal Capitol was “one of the most important movements in history for America to regain its greatness.”
The commission has vowed to reveal that the chaos of the day was “the fruit of a concerted campaign to overturn the outcome of the 2020 presidential election and prevent the transfer of power from Donald Trump to Joe Biden.”
But for the former president himself, the committee did not “think for a moment about the reason that led the large crowd to gather in Washington” on January 6, 2021, as he stressed yesterday, a few hours before the public hearing began, through the social networking site network created by Truth Social.
That day, thousands of his supporters gathered in the American capital to protest the result of the November 2020 election, the defeat of the real estate tycoon. Thousands attacked the US Congress headquarters, causing a global shock.
“January 6 was not a demonstration, it was one of the most important movements in the history of our country for America to regain its greatness,” said Donald Trump. It was about “the elections that were rigged” and the victory that was “stolen”, he added, repeating once again, without any proof, the conspiracy theory that has been repeatedly refuted.
Proponents of her case have been working to make the actual transcript of this statement available online. But most Republicans reject it, with the main stakeholder, Donald Trump, talking about – what else – “witch-hunting.”
