Former US President Donald Trump repeatedly declined in an interview aired on Sunday to answer questions about whether he watched the riot on Capitol Hill on January 6, 2021, on television, saying he “will address that matter at the appropriate time.” dot”.

Trump, who is running for the Republican presidency in 2024, declined to say on NBC’s “Meet the Press” exactly what he was doing on Jan. 6, 2021, when the riot began, and whether he made any phone calls when the his supporters stormed the Capitol, AP reports.

Donald Trump: “I will speak at the right time”

“I’m not going to tell you. I will say it later, at the appropriate time,” Trump told Kristen Welker after she asked him if he spent that afternoon watching the attack on television in a White House dining room.

Former Trump aides said he stayed in the room outside the Oval Office to watch the riot.

It is recalled that the special committee of the House of Representatives investigating the raid of the US Congress on January 6, 2021 announced that US President Donald Trump watched Fox News in the dining room for 2.5 hours during the raid of the Congress.

On Jan. 6, the Investigative Committee reviewed the 187 minutes Trump spent in the White House on the day of the raid.

Matthew Pottinger, who served as deputy national security adviser in the Trump era, and former deputy White House spokeswoman Sarah Matthews testified at the House hearing.

Elaine Luria, one of the committee’s members, said they compiled Trump’s movements in the White House in the records of the congressional raid based on several interviews they conducted and said: “15 minutes after Trump finished his speech in front of the White House House that day, he knew that Congress was surrounded and under attack.’

Luria said Trump locked himself in the White House dining room for about 2.5 hours at the time of the raid and was watching Fox News, noting that he refused an official photographer who wanted to photograph him during those minutes.

More than 1,000 people have been charged with federal crimes related to the January 6 riot, and more than 600 have pleaded guilty or been sentenced.

Donald Trump: “I’m not afraid of going to jail”

As the AP reports, Trump faces 91 criminal charges in four cases in federal and state courts related to his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, the mishandling of classified documents and charges related to allegations of paid silence. to cover up extramarital affairs. He denied committing a crime.

Trump, during the interview, was asked if he was afraid of going to jail and he replied that “I don’t even think about it.” “No, I’m not afraid. I don’t even think about it. I’m built a little differently I guess,” he told NBC.