- After interviewing Robert Engel (Secret Service agent), a January 6 panel member spoke with MSNBC
- Jamie Raskin, Democratic Rep., said that the panel was made aware by Trump’s anger at not being able “join the mob”.
- Trump believed he would enter the country “like Mussolini being carried by his supporters.”
Jamie Raskin, Democratic Rep., is a member the House panel investigating January 6 riot. According to MSNBCOn Thursday, former President Donald Trump believed he would be given a hero’s reception by his Capitol supporters.
Raskin said, “Everything that I’ve heard suggests that the former President was furious.” Raskin responded, “He was angry, and there was conflict as to whether or not the former president would go to Capitol. And he insisted that he be allowed to do that.”
Raskin said that Trump was like Mussolini and he imagined that he would enter the Capitol being carried by his supporters. Italian fascist dictator.
Raskin spoke after Secret Service agent Robert Engel — who was with Trump during the riot — testified to the House panel on Thursday.
After Cassidy Hutchinson (an aide to Trump’s former Chief of Staff Mark Meadows) mentioned him, the agent’s testimony was recorded. During her interview in June with the January 6 panel.Hutchinson stated that Trump tried to grab Engel’s steering wheel and lunged at him while requesting to be brought to Capitol.
Raskin stated that he couldn’t reveal any details regarding Engel’s testimony at the moment. But he said that the panel had learnt how Trump was “incensed by and enraged” about not being allowed on January 6, 2021 to Capitol Hill. Raskin stated that Trump demanded that he join the mob to approach the Capitol and allow them to enter.
Raskin stated, “Donald Trump actually went to bed that night on the evening January 5, believing that he would remain in office for an additional four years.” “And he believed it through the day.”
The October House panel It was unanimously voted that Trump should be subpoenaedFollowing several hearings crammed with damning testimony regarding the conduct of the former president on January 6, 2021, he was eventually convicted. Trump’s refusal of to comply with the subpoena could result in him being held in contempt and possibly even facing prosecution.
Trump sent a 14 page response to the subpoena. documentThe January 6 panel began with the sentence “THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELUTION WAS RIGGED and STOLEN!” Multiple baseless allegations of election fraud were also included in the document.
Trump this month A lawsuit was filed against January 6th’s committeeTo block the subpoena. Lawyers representing the former president claim that Congress is not authorized to subpoena them, as the former president.
Trump’s lawsuit means that Trump could delay testifying until the panel is scheduled to convene. Dissolve along with the 117th CongressOn January 3, 2023
Insider asked for comment from Trump’s post-presidential media office, but a representative did not respond immediately.
