3 Oct 2024 10:04 am
At 2:24 p.m., Trump was alone in his dining room when he issued a Tweet attacking Pence and fueling the ongoing riot: “Mike Pence didn't have the courage to do what should have been done to protect our Country and our Constitution, giving States a chance to certify a corrected set of facts, not the fraudulent or inaccurate ones which they were asked to previously certify. USA demands the truth!” 462 That afternoon, at the Capitol, a rioter used a bullhorn to read the
defendant's Tweet about the Vice President aloud to the crowd trying to gain entry to the building. .463 The defendant issued the incendiary Tweet about Pence despite knowing - as he would later admit in an interview in 2023—that his supporters "listen to [him] like no one else ."
One minute later, at 2:25 p.m., the Secret Service was forced to evacuate Pence to a secure location. At the Capitol, throughout the afternoon, members of the crowd chanted, “Hang Mike Pence!"; "Where is Pence? Bring him out!”; and “Traitor Pence ! ” Several rioters in those chanting crowds wore hats and carried flags evidencing their allegiance to the defendant. In the years since January 6, the defendant has refused to take responsibility for putting Pence in danger, instead blaming Pence.
On March 13, 2023 , he said, “Had Mike Pence sent the votes back to the legislatures, they wouldn't have had a problem with Jan. 6, so in many ways you can blame him for Jan. 6. Had he sent them back to Pennsylvania, Georgia, Arizona, the states, I believe, number one, you would have had a different outcome. But I also believe you wouldn't have had 'Jan. 6' as we call it."
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defendant's Tweet about the Vice President aloud to the crowd trying to gain entry to the building. .463 The defendant issued the incendiary Tweet about Pence despite knowing - as he would later admit in an interview in 2023—that his supporters "listen to [him] like no one else ."
One minute later, at 2:25 p.m., the Secret Service was forced to evacuate Pence to a secure location. At the Capitol, throughout the afternoon, members of the crowd chanted, “Hang Mike Pence!"; "Where is Pence? Bring him out!”; and “Traitor Pence ! ” Several rioters in those chanting crowds wore hats and carried flags evidencing their allegiance to the defendant. In the years since January 6, the defendant has refused to take responsibility for putting Pence in danger, instead blaming Pence.
On March 13, 2023 , he said, “Had Mike Pence sent the votes back to the legislatures, they wouldn't have had a problem with Jan. 6, so in many ways you can blame him for Jan. 6. Had he sent them back to Pennsylvania, Georgia, Arizona, the states, I believe, number one, you would have had a different outcome. But I also believe you wouldn't have had 'Jan. 6' as we call it."
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