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L. Coyote

(51,134 posts)
Sat Mar 5, 2022, 12:17 PM Mar 2022

Trump's private schedule reveals no plans for him to join 6 January march [View all]

Source: theguardian.com

Donald Trump was aware long before he took the stage at the “Save America” rally on 6 January that he would not march to the Capitol to protest the congressional certification of Joe Biden’s election win, according to his White House private schedule from that day.

The former president started his nearly 75-minute long speech at the Ellipse by saying he would go with the crowd to the Capitol, and then repeated that promise when he said he would walk with them down Pennsylvania Avenue towards the Capitol.

But Trump’s private schedule – released by the House select committee investigating the Capitol attack in a filing on Wednesday – shows Trump must have known that there were no plans for him to join such a march, and that he was being taken back to the White House.

The newly-released private schedule indicates Trump deliberately lied to his supporters ............

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/mar/04/donald-trump-january-6-private-schedule-march-capitol-attack



#FailedCoupGuy NOT lying, now that would be news! He deliberately incited the crowd and purposefully directed their assault on the Capitol.


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