Last January 6, the day of the assault on Capitol Hill , the daughter of the then outgoing president of the United States Ivanka Trump had asked her father to put an end to the violence triggered also by his words during an arsonist rally.
This is what emerged from the investigation by the parliamentary commission investigating the assault on Congress. Republican Congresswoman Liz Cheney said she had "first-hand testimony" that Ivanka Trump asked him "at least twice 'please stop the violence'".
Colleague dem Bennie Thompson instead limited himself to saying that the commission, of which he is president, "has a significant testimony that leads us to believe that the White House was told to do something".
THE PRESS CONFERENCE - Meanwhile, on January 6, the former president intends to publicly re-launch his allegations of electoral fraud at a press conference in Mar-a-Lago.
The tycoon, as announced, will repeat the conspiracy theory of the "Big Lie" and deny that he fomented an insurrection that day.
It will also be an opportunity to prepare for his rematch in 2024, starting to dictate the line ahead of the November Midterm elections, in which Republicans could win back not only the Senate but also the House (in a general Fox poll they are ahead of 4 points), turning Joe Biden into a lame duck and the Democratic Party into an open field of combat.
The tycoon's rebirth was also helped by Biden's hitherto disappointing performance, amidst the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan, a rampant pandemic, maxi inflation and the impasse of his agenda in Congress.
(Unioneonline / D)
