Vice News reports:
One of the most senior Cabinet officials in the Trump administration, Acting Secretary of Defense Chris Miller, has told VICE on Showtime that he believes the speech made by former President Donald Trump on the morning of January 6 was responsible for causing the mob to violently attack the Capitol later that day.
Trump installed Miller after firing his predecessor Mark Esper in the days after the election. Speaking exclusively to VICE on Showtime, Miller said, “Would anybody have marched on the Capitol, and tried to overrun the Capitol, without the president’s speech? I think it’s pretty much definitive that wouldn’t have happened.”
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Trump’s acting defense secretary, who was on the job Jan. 6, to @VICE: “Would anybody have marched on the Capitol, and tried to overrun the Capitol, without the President’s speech? I think it’s pretty much definitive that wouldn’t have happened.” https://t.co/hOsqdpRnIc
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) March 11, 2021