Storming the Capitol: Donald Trump cancels press conference - and finds the guilty

Created: 01/05/2022, 09:02 AM

From: Tobias Utz, Daniel Dillmann

Donald Trump will not give a press conference in Mar-a-Lago on the anniversary of the storm on the Capitol.

The culprits are quickly found.

Update from Wednesday, January 5th, 2022, 8.30 a.m.:

The press conference in Mar-a-Lago has been canceled. Donald Trump announced on Tuesday evening. In the run-up, numerous prominent Republicans had spoken out against an event on the anniversary of the storm on the Capitol. Among the critical voices were numerous senators who were present in the Senate a year ago when the Capitol was attacked in Washington DC and who were hiding from the mob who were also trying to gain access to the parliament buildings.

But Donald Trump is apparently further far from understanding.

Instead, he emphasized in his statement that he had not changed his mind, but that it was due to the "total bias and dishonesty" of the media and the congress committee that he had to cancel his appearance.

Trump again railed against the alleged “fraud” in the 2020 US election. “That was the crime of the century,” said the defeated candidate, who instead wants to hold a rally in Arizona on January 15th.

Donald Trump cancels a planned press conference on January 6th at short notice.

(Archive photo) © Imago Images

"Bad advice": Donald Trump staged on the anniversary of the Capitol Storm

First report from Tuesday, January 4th, 2022, 4 p.m .: Washington DC - Donald Trump * plans to give a speech on the anniversary of the storm on the US Capitol. A press conference was announced in the luxury resort Mar-a-Lago, where he has been residing for a year. * In the announced announcement, Trump described January 6, 2021 as “a completely unarmed protest against the rigged elections”.

As a reminder:

at that time a total of five people died, more than 140 were injured, some seriously.

An incited mob hunted the police. * Shortly before the riot, Trump had called in a speech to "fight like crazy".

Like a prayer wheel, he spread the fairy tale of electoral fraud, which he apparently still advocates, as his announcement shows.

More than 700 people have now been charged with participating in the Capitol Storm and attacking the police with "dangerous or lethal weapons".

So far, 31 prison terms have been imposed by US courts.

Capitol Storm: Donald Trump wants to instrumentalize anniversary

A committee of inquiry has been tasked * with identifying the masterminds behind the Capitol Storm.

One of the central questions is whether Donald Trump could have stopped the attack.

The former US president defends himself against an investigation with perfidious means. *

Alyssa Farah, former White House communications director during Trump's presidency, condemned the plans of the former President of the United States * on the anniversary of the Capitol Storm.

Trump still receives "bad advice" from his circle of advisors, she emphasized in an interview with The Independent.

"It would be a wise day for him to remain silent and let those who were victims on Capitol Hill speak about this very important and solemn day," said Farah.

The anniversary of the storm on the Capitol is January 6th

She also suspected that Trump would probably use the speech to rail against Joe Biden's election fraud: "I think that instead you will hear a very similar tone from him that repeats the lies that the election was stolen, and says that those convicted of the insurrection are political prisoners. "

Protesters listen to the Trump speech on January 6, 2021. © David Alonso / Imago Images

Compared to Trump's self-staging, events should also take place on Thursday (February 6th, 2022) that do justice to the occasion.

Nancy Pelosi, Democratic * spokeswoman for the US House of Representatives, announced a vigil.

Police officers should report on their memories of the storm on the Capitol.

Historians were also invited to classify the event.

(tu / dil)