Former President Donald Trump assured that the assault on the Capitol on January 6, 2021, in which the country is plunged again Thursday June 9 through a parliamentary inquiry, was “
one of the greatest movements in history. to make America great again
.
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After almost a year of investigation, on the acts and gestures of the Republican billionaire before, during and after the attack on the American Congress, a group of elected officials present at 8:00 p.m. local time (00:00 GMT Friday) their first conclusions.
They promised to reveal how the chaos of that day “
was the product of a coordinated campaign to overturn the result of the 2020 presidential election and prevent the transfer of power from Donald Trump to Joe Biden
”.
“Make America Great Again”
But for Donald Trump, this commission "
did not consider for a single minute why the crowds came to Washington in large numbers
" on January 6, 2021, he denounced Thursday on his social network , TruthSocial.
That day, thousands of his supporters gathered in Washington to denounce the result of the 2020 election which saw the ex-real estate magnate lose.
A crowd had stormed the headquarters of the US Congress, sending shock waves around the world.
"
January 6 was not just a protest, it was one of the greatest moves in our country's history to make America great again
," Trump said.
“
It was about a rigged and stolen election
,” he assured, reiterating once again without evidence this conspiracy theory, repeatedly dismantled by the authorities.
For many months, the so-called "
January 6
" commission - seven Democrats and two Republicans - has heard more than 1,000 witnesses including two children of the former president and peeled 140,000 documents to shed light on Donald's exact responsibility. Trump in this event that shook American democracy.
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The commission's supporters say its work is essential to ensuring that one of the darkest episodes in US history is never repeated.
But the majority of Republicans denounce the work of this group of elected officials, the main interested party Donald Trump castigating a "
witch hunt
".
