Donald Trump reportedly spoke to allies amassed at the Willard Hotel in Washington, D. C. “several” times in the hours leading up to the Jan. 6 uprising in an effort to talk about how they can prevent Congress from certifying Joe Biden’s victory in the Electoral College. .
According to a Guardian article, Trump told his advisers that then-Vice President Mike Pence was unwilling to execute a plan his lawyers had devised, through which Pence had designed. and Trump for a moment opposed the will of American voters.
With Pence rejecting Trump’s demands for an extra-constitutional usurpation of congressional authority, the defeated president continued to persuade his allies, adding lawyer John Eastman, former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, former White House strategist Steve Bannon and Trump’s crusade. Adviser Boris Epshteyn – to tactics to delay the procedure through which Pence. Pence would preside over the official proclamation of his defeat and that of Trump.
The Guardian also reports that a series of calls arrived on the night of the fifth of January and consisted of separate conversations with members of the organisation who were lawyers and those who were not, a concept attributed to M’s wish. Giuliani to uphold the attorney’s claims. client privilege.
The allegations, which The Independent has yet to show, are the first to posit a direct link between Trump and the rally at Willard, a well-known Washington establishment just steps from the White House.
Questions about what Trump knew about plans for Jan. 6 are in the midst of the investigation through the House election committee set up to investigate what happened before and the worst attack on the Capitol since British troops were established under the command of Major General Robert Ross. in the fireplace in 1814.
The committee issued subpoenas to more than 40 people similar to the day’s events, adding MM. Eastman and Bannon, the latter accused of contempt of Congress for failing to comply with the committee’s request for documents and testimony.
Trump also tried to prevent the committee from reviewing White House files created in the days leading up to Jan. 6 and added it by claiming they are through executive privilege, a legal doctrine that protects communications between a president and his advisers.
The current president, Biden, has refused to assert his privileges over the archives. A U. S. district for the District of Columbia is set to hear arguments Tuesday about the validity of M’s claims. Trump.
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