US EditionWhite House Rewrites January 6 History and Blames Cops for Deadly Attack on 5-Year Anniversary
The White House website shifts blame for the January 6 attack onto Capitol police and political leaders while defending former President Trump's actions.
- Yesterday, the White House unveiled a webpage marking the fifth anniversary that portrays the Jan. 6, 2021 participants as `peaceful` and `orderly` and blames police for escalating tensions.
- The White House framed the rollout as a political victory lap defending President Donald Trump and shifting blame onto police and political rivals, promoting the page via social posts emphasizing Trump urged calm and consistently promotes non-violence.
- Of the roughly 1,583 defendants charged, prosecutors say 608 faced assault charges and roughly 174 were charged with using a deadly weapon; more than 100 officers were injured and several died.
- House leaders denounced the webpage and Ian Krager, spokesperson for Nancy Pelosi, said it used `cherry-picked, out-of-context clips` while House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries vowed, `We will not let that happen`.
- Looking beyond the anniversary, the move follows Trump’s sweeping pardons for many charged in the January 6 attack, as observers call it the most comprehensive Republican effort to rewrite the narrative with the party backing him.
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Hundreds of Trump's supporters storm the Capitol in Washington on January 6, 2021. This is intended to prevent the swearing-in of the new US President Biden, while five people die in the riots. Five years later, however, the official description of the events is quite different.
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