Former President Donald Trump’s anger at the January 6 election commission and former Vice President Mike Pence is tantamount to acknowledging his role in the Capitol Rebellion, spokesman Jamie Ruskin (D-Md.) Told NBC’s Meet the Press on Sunday. on Sunday. .
News Movement: An elected committee on Thursday (January 6th) heard revelations from a number of Trump officials about a “heated” phone call in which Trump scolded Pence for refusing to cancel the election, as a former White House aide testified. that he remembers Trump calling Pence “weak.”
- Trump dismissed accusations of gathering Christian conservatives on Friday, saying he never called Pence “weak,” but complained that “Mike didn’t have the courage to act.”
- Trump also responded to the elected committee, accusing it of “deliberately spinning a fake and fake story.”
What they say is, “Yeah, he’s essentially saying yes, I’ve done it and I’ll do it again,” Ruskin said when asked by host Chuck Todd if Trump had actually confessed to attacking the commission.
- “It simply came to our notice then. If you allow impunity for attempts to seize power unconstitutionally – which is a coup – you are inviting him again in the future, “Ruskin added.
- “And in order to be a strong, self-sustaining, self-respecting democracy, we cannot allow people to decide that they are above the law and that they are more important than our constitutional processes.”
The big picture: The commission is using the hearings to make a comprehensive argument about Trump’s guilt over the Capitol uprising, while the Justice Department is closely monitoring.
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