Trump planned to lead an armed assault on the Capitol – what is known

Former US President Donald Trump was going to lead an armed assault on the Capitol in 2021. The politician himself denies everything, calling the accusations against him “sick” and “fraudulent”.

This is reported by Reuters with reference to Cassidy Hutchinson, who was the chief aide to then-White House chief of staff Mark Madows. Telegram channel “Today”.

Serious accusation

Former US President Donald Trump not only ordered the removal of magnetic metal detectors at the entrance to the Capitol on January 6, 2021, when a protest rally turned into an armed clash between police and armed Trump supporters who seized the US Congress building. Allegedly, he was also personally going to lead the rebellion.

Allowed to carry weapons to Congress

After security forces stopped screening the assembled demonstrators on Trump’s orders, they managed to smuggle weapons, including AR-15 rifles, into the Congressional building.

Recall that Trump supporters stormed the Capitol to disrupt a meeting of congressmen who were supposed to confirm the victory of Democrat Joe Biden in the presidential election that day.

Demanded to take him to the Capitol

Hutchinson also said that Trump fought with Secret Service agents who tried to keep the losing president when he was eager to join the procession of his supporters. And when they nevertheless put him in a limousine, the 45th president grabbed a death grip on the steering wheel of the car, demanding to be taken back.

The immediate environment was aware

Meadows and Trump’s lawyer Rudolph Giuliani also allegedly knew about the impending riot. Trump himself denies everything, calling the allegations against him “sick” and “fraudulent.”

Storming the Capitol

• On January 6, 2021, during the approval of the presidential election results by Congress, thousands of Trump supporters organized a storm of the Capitol, as a result of which the meeting of parliamentarians was interrupted. This led to riots and the breach of the police cordon in front of the Capitol. As a result five people diedand impeachment proceedings against Trump himself.
• A court in the United States has sentenced a 49-year-old Indiana woman to three years’ probation for participating in the storming of the Capitol.
• IN THE USA the court announced the verdict another suspect in the storming of the Capitol. The judge reduced the sentence to eight months in prison because the defendant immediately pleaded guilty and did not participate in the violence.
• culprit storming the US Congress building (Capitol) posted regularly on social media that he was being targeted by US intelligence agencies and may have been suffering from a mental breakdown.

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