Donald Trump news today: Ex-president can never be anywhere near Oval Office
Adam Schiff says Donald Trump has engaged in ‘wrongdoing’
January 6 committee vice chair Liz Cheney said on Sunday that “a man as dangerous as [Donald Trump] can never be anywhere near the Oval Office ever again.”
“What kind of man knows a mob is armed and sends the mob to attack the Capitol?” she added.
Meanwhile, a member of the House committee investigating last year’s riot revealed that “more evidence is emerging” that lends support to recent testimonies that established Mr Trump wanted to join an armed mob.
Adam Kinzinger, the panel’s only other Republican, also reiterated that he considered last week’s incendiary hearing reliable. “We certainly would say that Cassidy Hutchinson has testified under oath,” he said, “we find her credible.”
Mr Trump lashed out at Ms Hutchinson on Truth Social and in a Newsmax interview, questioning whether she had in fact told the truth under oath. He also claimed that she asked for a job when he decamped to Florida after leaving office.
The New York Times reported that Mr Trump may announce a 2024 bid for the White House as soon as this month.
Trump “truthing” about Liz Cheney again
Donald Trump is awake and active on Truth Social, his semi-cloistered “free speech”-themed bespoke social media platform, and his first target today is Liz Cheney, whose interview with ABC News broadcast this weekend clearly seems to have riled him up:
Andrew Naughtie4 July 2022 15:18
Interview: Trump documentarian Alex Holder
The Independent’s Andrew Feinberg has spoken to Alex Holder, a British filmmaker who was following Donald Trump and his close family (with authorisation) in the weeks leading up to the 2020 election and the crucial two months after it. His footage only recently became known to the public when it was subpoenaed by the 6 January committee.
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