Donald Trump is scheduled to testify about the storming of the Capitol on January 6, 2021 in Washington - the question is whether he will do so. Now he reacts first with a 14-page letter. However, he does not provide the crucial information in it.
After being summoned to the investigative committee into the attack on the US Capitol, ex-President Donald Trump sharply criticized the committee in a long letter. Trump posted a 14-page letter to the committee on the social network he co-founded, Truth Social, denouncing the round's work as partisan, mendacious and purely a "show process". Trump did not comment on how he intends to deal with the subpoena.
The letter is intended to "express our anger, disappointment and grievance that hundreds of millions of dollars have been spent on a charade and witch hunt, but that the "massive voter fraud" in the 2020 presidential election has not been investigated. Trump claimed to be writing on behalf of millions of Americans, indeed a "majority of the population" who agreed with him.
On several pages he renewed his completely unsubstantiated claims that he was cheated out of a win against Democratic challenger Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election. The Republican scoffed that the committee had received very poor television ratings. The committee also did not address the size of the crowd he spoke to on January 6, 2021, he complained - and attached photos of the crowd.
Trump supporters violently stormed the seat of parliament in Washington on January 6, 2021. Congress met there to formally confirm Biden's victory in the presidential election. Trump had previously incited his supporters in a speech with his allegations of voter fraud. Five people died as a result of the riots. The committee is working on the attack and decided on Thursday to summon Trump himself. It's a rare escalation of investigations
