Trump Won’t Admit He Watched Riot Unfold On TV

The Associated Press reports:

Former US president Donald Trump repeatedly declined in an interview aired Sunday to answer questions about whether he watched the Capitol riot unfold on television, saying he would “tell people later at an appropriate time.”

“I’m not going to tell you. I’ll tell people later at an appropriate time,” Trump told moderator Kristen Welker after she asked if he spent that afternoon watching the attack on television in a dining room at the White House.

Trump’s former aides have said he sequestered himself in the room off the Oval Office to watch, at times even rewinding and rewatching some parts.

Mediaite reports:

“Tell me how you watched this all unfold. Were you in the dining room watching TV?” Welker asked. “I’m not going to tell you,” Trump told her. This prompted Welker to ask “What did you do when the Capitol was under attack though?”

Trump answered by pointing to the video he put out where he told his supporters to go home, even though he kept on pushing the same lie that fueled their assault on the Capitol. “That was at 4 o’clock in the afternoon,” Welker pointed out, through Trump’s bluster. “More than three hours after the attack.”

The exchange continued with Welker asking Trump who he called to stop the riot that day. “Why would I tell you that?” Trump responded, once again pushing the false argument that former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi allowed the riot to happen.

There were at least 11 times during former President Trump’s interview with @MeetThePress moderator @kwelkernbc when he made false and misleading comments on a number of topics.

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WATCH: Kristen Welker asks former President Trump to clarify if he was listening to his lawyers’ advice or his own instincts after he lost the 2020 election.

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