A man charged in connection with the riots at the US Capitol on 6 January 2021 has requested that Donald Trump testify in his defence, arguing that the former president’s testimony will prove that the defendant was acting at his direction.
In a US District Court filing on 4 February, an attorney for Dustin Thompson said testimony from the former president would reveal how he “orchestrated a carefully crafted plot to call into question the integrity of the 2020 presidential election and the validity of President [Joe] Biden’s victory.”
