Watch the previously unseen video of Trump's Jan. 6 remarks
The House panel investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol released previously unseen video of then-President Trump speaking from the White House on the day of the insurrection.
The footage, recorded in the Rose Garden, shows Trump ignored a script that called for him to tell protesters to “leave the Capitol Hill region now and go home in a peaceful way.”
Instead, he spoke off the cuff, delivering a meandering message to his supporters after one false start on his first attempt.
Trump expressed empathy with the rioters, saying he believed the 2020 election was “stolen from us” and “fraudulent.”
“But you have to go home now. We have to have peace. We have to have law and order; we have to respect our great people in law and order,” Trump said in the video, recorded at 4:03 p.m. on Jan. 6.
“There’s never been a time like this where such a thing happened. This was a fraudulent election. But we can’t play into the hands of these people. We have to have peace. So go home. We love you, and you’re very special.”
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