Jan. 6 can’t be denied in federal court
Associated PressThere are no broadcast television cameras inside the E. Barrett Prettyman federal courthouse on Constitution Avenue. Rioters scale a wall outside the Capitol as the mob of Donald Trump supporters stormed the building on Jan. 6, 2021. Then-President Donald Trump spoke to a crowd of his supporters during his “Stop the Steal” rally near the White House on Jan. 6, 2021. Falsely claiming the rioters were “set up” by police, he appeared to threaten revenge: “That blows two ways, that blows two ways, believe me.” Body camera video captured the violent attacks by rioters against officers guarding a tunnel entrance on the Capitol’s Lower West Terrace. In response to several questions from the AP about Trump's support of the Jan. 6 defendants and pledge to pardon the rioters, Trump campaign spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said in an email: “Kamala Harris and Joe Biden’s Department of Justice has spent more time prosecuting President Trump and targeting Americans for peacefully protesting on January 6th than criminals, illegal immigrants, and terrorists who are committing violent crimes in Democrat-run cities every day."