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Trump says he and Jan. 6 mob supporters had same objective [Video]

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WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW:


  • Exclusive audio shared by book authors Carol Leonnig and Philip Rucker revealed that former President Donald Trump said he and his supporters who stormed the Capitol on January 6 had a similar goal.
  • Trump was unsure if he would still pick former Vice President Mike Pence should he run for reelection.
  • The former president was also disappointed with the Supreme Court for declining to take on his election case.

Speaking with CNN’s Anderson Cooper on Wednesday, ‘I Alone Can Fix It’ book authors Carol Leonnig and Philip Rucker revealed audio from their exclusive interview with former President Donald Trump. In the audio clip, Trump noted that he and the pro-Trump mob who stormed the Capitol on January 6 had the same objective.

“I wanted — I mean, personally, what I wanted is what they wanted,” the former president said. “They showed up just to show support, because I happen to believe the election was rigged at a level like nothing has ever been rigged before.”

Trump, who again promoted baseless claims about the election during the interview, shared his disappointment that former Vice President Mike Pence did not overturn the results of the presidential election, despite the fact that such action is not authorized by the US constitution.

“I think that the Vice President of the United States must protect the Constitution of the United States, right?” he said. “And it says very, very clearly, protect the Constitution of the United States. I don’t believe he’s just supposed to be a statue who gets these votes from the states and immediately hands them over.”

If he would vie for reelection in 2024, Trump was asked if he would still pick Pence as his running mate. He first implied that he would think about it, but then noted that he had not yet fully decided about such a thing.

Then he was asked about his thoughts if Pence opted to run against him in the primaries, the former leader replied: “Everybody, it’s a free country, right? It’s a free country. I always liked Mike. I was very disappointed and so were a lot of Republicans, very disappointed.”

As he believed that the election results would be ultimately ruled by the Supreme Court, Trump repeatedly justified, at the time prior to Election Day, that he needed to fill the vacancy left by the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The former president had the notion that the judges he put on the high tribunal would root for his side. The Supreme Court, however, did not even bother to take his legal challenge.

“I’m very disappointed in the Supreme Court,” Trump said.

When asked by Leonnig about what the judges could be afraid of, he said: “I guess they thought that it would be violent, maybe. And it was violent the other way perhaps, I don’t know. I guess they thought it would be violent.”

Source: AOL.com

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