CNN's Andrew McCabe reacts to former acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller, who was in the office during the US Capitol riot, saying that he sees "cause and effect" between former President Donald Trump's speech and the insurrection on January 6th, 2021.
Chris Miller, defense secretary on Jan. 6, sees cause and effect between Trump s words and Capitol riot William Cummings, USA TODAY
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The top official in charge of the Pentagon and America s defenses when rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 said he believes there was direct cause-and-effect between then-President Donald Trump s words and the actions of the insurrectionist mob.
Former acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller said the crowd of Trump s supporters would not have descended on the U.S. Capitol if the president had not delivered a speech just before the riot in which he decried the presidential election as stolen. Repeating baseless claims of election fraud he first made even before voting began, Trump alleged that a criminal enterprise involving Democrats, the news media and complicit Republicans had robbed him of victory, though he offered no evidence to support the existence of such a vast conspiracy.
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