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David Kent

Donald Trump watched Capitol riots on TV in White House and ignored pleas from aides to intervene - inquest

Donald Trump watched the infamous Capitol riots on a TV in the White House instead of intervening to put a stop to them, despite the pleas of his aides.

That's according to the latest hearing into the shocking moment on January 6 of last year which saw thousands of Trump supporters break into the US Congress building on Capitol Hill in an attempt to stop or delay the congressional certification of Joe Biden's election victory.

On Thursday, during the eighth hearing into the riots, we learned more about how the then-President reacted to the news and the incidents.

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