- Former Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi said most of the new damning details emerging about Donald Trump on January 6, 2021 are coming from Republicans and allies
- Allies say Trump was 'not interested' in discouraging violence at the Capitol on January 6
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Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says new details emerging in Special Counsel Jack Smith's investigation into the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol come largely from those previously associated with Donald Trump.
It comes amid the revelation of new details from interviews claiming Trump was “not interested” in doing anything to stop his supporters from rioting at the Capitol following his 2020 election loss to Joe Biden.
Many of the new details come from Smith's questioning of Trump's former deputy chief of staff, Dan Scavino. according to an ABC News report.
Pelosi emphasized this on Sunday, saying in an interview on ABC This Week that the damning testimony is “overwhelmingly coming from Republicans.”
The California Democrat was speaker of the House of Representatives at the time of the riot and helped lead investigations into Trump both during and after he left office.
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Sunday that most of the new damning details about Donald Trump on January 6, 2021 are coming from Republicans and allies.
Scavino was the only person besides the then-president who had access to Trump's Twitter account. And even he said he was surprised by the post claiming that former Vice President Mike Pence “didn't have the courage” to stop Congress from certifying the election results.
The Trump aide, who worked for the president since he was a teenager 30 years ago, told Smith's team that he told Trump it was “not what we needed.” But Trump responded with, “But it's true.”
Former Trump aide Nick Luna also told investigators, according to sources, that when Trump was told his vice president was being rushed to a secure location, he said, “So what?”
Scavino would not speak to the House committee that proved the Jan. 6 attack, but did speak to Smith's team.
He told Smith's investigators that when the violence culminated at the Capitol three years ago, Trump was “just not interested” in doing anything to stop it.
Allies say Trump was 'not interested' in doing much to deter violence at the Capitol on January 6, 2021, according to newly revealed details from interrogation with Special Counsel Jack Smith and his team
Trump was pressured by at least six people to do more that day and send a stronger message to his supporters to stop the violence at the Capitol.
Scavino printed messages he suggested Trump post on Twitter because the president was reluctant to write his own statement to “discourage violence.”
But more than half an hour after he was first pressured to take action, Trump finally had Scavino post a message to his Twitter account saying “stay peaceful.”
Sources tell ABC that ultimately six of Trump's closest aides pushed the then-president to be more forceful in pushing for an end to the violence at the Capitol. They found his Twitter message 'weak'.
Trump faces 91 federal charges for attempting to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, and some states are issuing rulings seeking to keep him from voting in 2024 for “participation in insurrection.”