A newly released transcript offers some details on the Traitor in Chief’s behavior leading up to and during the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Trump told Pence certifying election would be ‘political career killer’, valet says
Donald Trump told his vice-president, Mike Pence, that refusing to block certification of Joe Biden’s 2021 election victory at the Capitol on 6 January 2021 would be “a political career killer”, according to newly released testimony from a presidential valet.
“Mike, this is a political career killer if you do this,” Trump told Pence by phone on the morning of January 6, the New York Times reported, citing a transcript of testimony to the House committee that investigated the deadly attack on Congress that unfolded later that day.
According to the Times, the unnamed valet also said Trump appeared unconcerned when he was told a civilian had been shot dead as the Capitol was stormed.
The transcript, of testimony given to the Jan. 6 committee, was released by Republicans. They apparently believe it helps Trump somehow.
The witness describes Trump’s staff as running around in a panic as news of the riot broke, and in disbelief that Trump did nothing but watch TV. Hours later, Trump was still angry at Pence, saying that “Mike had let him down.”