During his speech, Trump also claimed that Speaker Pelosi rejected his offer of 10,000 National Guard soldiers for January 6. However, the National Guard is under the authority of the commander-in-chief, not the Speaker. Trump had the power to mobilize soldiers to protect the Capitol as the President at the time.
The January 6 Capitol riot took place following a period during which Trump consistently propagated baseless claims of a rigged 2020 election.
For two months, he deceived his supporters by alleging election fraud and exerted pressure on officials in states he lost to overturn the results. When these efforts failed, Trump implored then-Vice President Mike Pence to reject the election’s certification during Congress’s proceedings. When Pence refused to do so, a mob of Trump supporters forcefully entered the Capitol building.
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