Under Heavy Pressure, Trump Releases Video Condemning Capitol Siege
The video was made public after President Trump was impeached a second time and after he told his supporters in the hours following the start of the riot last week that “we love you.”
President Trump speaking during a video posted on the White House Twitter feed on Wednesday.Credit...Mandel Ngan/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
Jan. 13, 2021
Under heavy pressure from his advisers, President Trump on Wednesday released a five-minute video recorded in the Oval Office condemning last week’s mob violence at the Capitol and urging his supporters to stand down from further rioting next week.