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The parliamentary commission of inquiry into the assault on the Capitol on January 6 released new videos, until now kept secret, on Thursday July 21. Images that overwhelm former President Donald Trump, then in power. Explanations by Loïc de la Mornais, France Télévisions journalist in Washington.
These are new revelations that overwhelm Donald Trump for his management of the assault on the Capitol, which occurred on January 6, 2021. “The commission of inquiry demonstrated in a very methodical way what Donald Trump had not done when he had all the powers as President of the United States to give orders, send reinforcements or at least speak. and try to calm things down.”
The new videos, which span 187 minutes, show a passive former president sitting in his White House dining room watching the riots on TV for the duration of the event. While his relatives tried to reason with him, Donald Trump would not have wanted to do anything during these three hours, until being forced to record a speech at the end of the afternoon to ask the rioters to go home. If the commission of inquiry has only symbolic power, the current Minister of Justice merrick Garland may decide to sue the ex-president for conspiracy.
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