In a rambling, 12-page missive, Trump said that instead of focusing on the country’s larger problems, the Democratic-led panel was “a Kangaroo Court, hoping to distract the American people from the great pain they are experiencing.”
The former US leader also reiterated the same conspiracy theories about the 2020 presidential election that earlier in the day the congressional probe had argued were a key motivating factor for his supporters to riot.
“Democrats created the narrative of January 6th to detract from the much larger and more important truth that the 2020 Election was Rigged and Stolen,” Trump, who turns 76 on Tuesday, said in the statement.
Trump, fuming that the committee was one-sided in its approach, said the panel “is making a mockery of justice.”In a rambling, 12-page missive, Trump said that instead of focusing on the country’s larger problems, the Democratic-led panel was “a Kangaroo Court, hoping to distract the American people from the great pain they are experiencing.”
The former US leader also reiterated the same conspiracy theories about the 2020 presidential election that earlier in the day the congressional probe had argued were a key motivating factor for his supporters to riot.
“Democrats created the narrative of January 6th to detract from the much larger and more important truth that the 2020 Election was Rigged and Stolen,” Trump, who turns 76 on Tuesday, said in the statement.
Trump, fuming that the committee was one-sided in its approach, said the panel “is making a mockery of justice.”But Trump doubled down on his debunked election lie in his statement.
“The truth is that Americans showed up in Washington, DC in massive numbers… on January 6th, 2021, to hold their elected officials accountable for the obvious signs of criminal activity throughout the Election,” Trump said.
