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Donald Trump on deadly assault on US Capitol: "loving crowd"

2021-07-23T01:12:45.357Z


In an audio recording, Donald Trump talks about the attack on the US Capitol - and plays down the attack. Meanwhile, his party is escalating the dispute over the reappraisal.


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Donald Trump speaking shortly before the attack on the US Capitol

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The dispute over the body on the Capitol attack continues unabated - interview statements by former US President Donald Trump about January 6 are causing a stir.

“And it was a loving crowd too, by the way.

There was a lot of love.

I've heard that from everyone, ”says Trump, according to an audio recording by Washington Post reporters Carol Leonnig and Philip Rucker.

Leonnig and Rucker interviewed Trump for their new book "I Alone Can Fix It: Donald J. Trump's Catastrophic Final Year" in March.

Trump said he believed it was the largest crowd he had ever spoken to before.

Supporters of Trump stormed the seat of the US Congress in Washington on January 6th.

Five people were killed, including a Capitol policeman.

Trump had to face impeachment proceedings because of the attack because he had previously incited his supporters in a speech.

At the end of the trial, the Republican was acquitted with the votes of his own party.

The committee to investigate the attack on the Capitol is due to begin next week in the House of Representatives.

There had recently been disagreements between Democrats and Republicans over the body.

Nancy Pelosi, the chairwoman of the Congress Chamber, had turned down two Republican candidates for the body.

Jim Jordan and Jim Banks are loyal supporters of Trump and had played down the storm on the Capitol in the past.

The Republican minority leader in the Chamber of Congress, Kevin McCarthy, threatened to boycott the committee.

A Republican sits on the committee

"This is dead serious," said Pelosi.

“It's about our constitution, it's about our country.

It's about an attack on the Capitol which for some reason is misrepresented at the expense of establishing the truth. ”According to the statements and actions of the rejected candidates, it would be“ ridiculous ”to be part of this committee.

However, the panel will meet without the five McCarthy nominations.

After all, Liz Cheney has at least one Republican on the committee, so both parties are represented.

Cheney was nominated by Pelosi.

The Republican called the behavior of her party colleagues "abhorrent".

jok / dpa

Source: spiegel

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