US President Joe Biden on Saturday called the latest testimony and filmed evidence presented by lawmakers investigating the 2021 Capitol storming “damning,” including a video of House chiefs lining up asking for aid.
Joe Biden, speaking about a surprise visit to an ice cream parlor in the state of Oregon where he is helping Democrat Tina Kotek’s gubernatorial campaign, called the file presented by members of the investigative committee “pretty overwhelming.”
“I think the testimony and the video are really damning. And I’m doing my best not to comment and see what happens. But it’s… I think it’s damning,” the US president told reporters.
“But if I say more about this, they’re going to ask me, rightly so, if I’m trying to influence the attorney general. I’m not. I haven’t talked to him at all.”
Never-before-seen footage of the assault.
On Thursday, the House Investigative Committee on the Assault on Capitol Hill, which includes seven Democrats and two Republicans, released a video showing congressional officials desperately pleading for help during the intrusion.
In what was to be the committee’s final hearing ahead of America’s crucial midterm elections in November, lawmakers released never-before-seen footage of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and others standing in a safe place.
The commission also concluded its hearing by subpoenaing former President Donald Trump to testify about his role in the assault on Capitol Hill.
The decision came as a dramatic epilogue to a hearing that was itself gripping, as the commission presented new evidence that Donald Trump planned to claim victory in the 2020 presidential election regardless of the results.
The former president had a ‘premeditated plan’ and formulated months before the vote to claim he had won on election night regardless of the vote count, Zoe told commission member Lofgren at the hearing, citing evidence gathered by the commission. .
Source: BFM TV
