United States House President Nancy Pelosi has confirmed that the outgoing president, Donald Trump, could be an accomplice in the deaths in the attack on the Capitol that killed five.
In an interview on MSNBC, Pelosi has repeatedly condemned Trump’s role in inciting violence during the January 6 riots and stressed that the outgoing president’s words are “ important, ” referring to his allegations of voter fraud and his posts in which he encouraged “saving America” in a speech he shared with his followers at a ceremony just hours before the incident.
“They used their words to accomplish this,” he complained, adding that, if it turns out that some members of Congress have collaborated with the attackers, both she and Trump could be complicit in the crimes committed on Capitol Hill that day. .
“The crimes are murder in some cases,” said Pelosi, who insisted that Trump was complicit in the crime because “he initiated the uprising that caused death and destruction.”
These statements by the President of the House of Representatives are the harshest to date issued by a Democratic Party representative about Trump’s role in the Washington attack on the day the incoming president, Joe Biden, won. was confirmed. .
However, several officials have confirmed that they are investigating Trump’s figure in the protests, and Senate Republican majority leader Mitch McConnel has assured that the still president has “caused” the incidents. “They were caused by the president and other powerful people,” he said.
The White House has not yet ruled on Pelosi’s remarks, which take place shortly before Biden’s inauguration and as the Senate prepares for a new impeachment against Trump for “ inciting insurrection, ” accusation framed in the attack on the Capitol .