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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rachel Sharp

Trump aide reveals how long it took to walk back call for looters to be shot in Jan 6 transcript

AP

It took five hours for a White House aide to convince then-president Donald Trump to walk back his infamous tweet calling for looters to be shot during racial justice protests, according to dramatic January 6 interview transcripts.

The House Select Committee investigating the January 6 riot at the US Capitol released a trove of new transcripts from interviews with several key Trumpworld figures on Thursday.

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