"I'm the damn President": New testimonies weigh heavily on Donald Trump
Created: 06/29/2022, 08:53
By: Helena Gries
In order to drive to his supporters at the Capitol, Donald Trump is said to have tried to snatch the steering wheel from the driver of his limousine on the day of the Capitol storm in Washington.
According to a witness, former US President Donald Trump tried to snatch the steering wheel from the driver of his presidential limousine and drive to his supporters at the Capitol, according to new testimonies before the investigative committee into the storming of the Capitol in Washington.
After a speech to his supporters, Trump got into his car, Cassidy Hutchinson told the parliamentary inquiry committee in Washington on Tuesday (June 28).
The President was told he could not now join his supporters who had gathered to storm the Capitol.
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Trump then said to his driver: "I'm the damn president - take me to the Capitol right now." Hutchinson, who based her testimony on reports from another government official, was part of the inner circle in the White House and was an assistant to Trump's chief of staff Mark Meadows.
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According to her description, the White House legal representative, Pat Cipollone, expressed considerable legal concerns in this situation should Trump join his supporters' march on the Capitol.
"We will be accused of every crime imaginable if that happens," Hutchinson quoted the adviser as saying.
Donald Trump is said to have been aware of the violent acts of the Capitol storm in Washington beforehand
She also reported that Trump and his followers were aware before January 6, 2021 that violence could occur - contradicting the Trump camp's account that his supporters' storming of the Capitol was spontaneous and that the outgoing government did it had nothing to do with it.
Rather, Trump said four days before the events, according to Hutchinson, "Things can get really, really bad on January 6th."
New testimony in the proceedings surrounding the events of the Capitol storm in Washington on January 6, 2021 incriminates former US President Donald Trump.
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After his defeat in the presidential election in November 2020, Trump pulled out all the stops to stay in power.
Among other things, he and his environment spread allegations of electoral fraud that had not been proven.
The sad low point of the campaign was the storm of hundreds of radical Trump supporters on the Capitol when Joe Biden's election victory was to be certified there.
The riots that left five dead caused horror around the world.
The Capitol Storming Committee of Inquiry is currently holding a series of public hearings to uncover what happened at the time.
(hg/AFP)
