The position of the former president is getting worse, the commission of inquiry continues to gather evidence and testimony against him
Donald Trump
“Tried to destroy our democratic institutions” and “opened the way to disorder and corruption to overturn the outcome of the vote”: the words of Bennie Thompsonthe chairman of the commission of inquiry of the US Chamber investigating the assault on Congress on January 6, 2001. “While the work goes on, many facts appear clear – he added -: there can be no doubt that there was an attempt coordinated to subvert the electoral result followed and directed by Donald Trump ”.
The position of the former president seems to be getting worse week after week, deposition after deposition. According to the reconstruction presented in the course of a public hearingthat day “Trump he sat and watched the assault on television “in Congress despite pressure to intervene,” he was glued to the TV and did nothing to try to stop the violent action, “said the Republican deputy Adam Kinzinger member of the special commission, «Trump has chosen not to act». And, again, “Trump learned that Congress was under attack 15 minutes after leaving the place where he held the meeting that preceded the assault on Capitol Hill,” reconstructed the commission of inquiry, showing the papers of the commitments of the former president of that January 6. An afternoon spent without appointments until at least 16.02, or just before the publication of the video in which he asked his supporters to go home.
Former White House adviser Pat Cipollone told the commission that he tried to get Trump to strongly condemn the assault on Congress. With him were other people involved in the mission, including the daughter of the then president, Ivanka Trumpand the presidential chief of staff Mark Meadows. “I think – said the former adviser – that it was quite clear that there was a need for an immediate and strong response, a declaration, something that would push people to leave the Capitol immediately”. A member of the commission asked him if what Trump then did, in a message sent two hours later, was insufficient. “Yes,” Cipollone replied. “Was Ivanka Trump with you too?” The witness was asked. “Yes,” Cipollone replied, who, however, did not go into the details of the conversation he had with Trump. «But that day – he added – I expressed my opinion strongly, explaining what had to be done».
Meanwhile, the former first lady of the United States, Melania Trump, for the first time broke the silence about the dramatic assault on Congress. “On January 6, I was engaged in one of my duties as first lady of the United States of America, and consequently I was unaware of what was happening in the Congress building,” Melania Trump told Fox News. . The former first lady specified that on January 6 last year she was engaged in one of the tasks prescribed by her office in view of the change in the White House: the inventory of the historic rooms of the presidential residence, including the photographic archiving of all renovations and renovations.
July 22, 2022 (change July 22, 2022 | 03:51)
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