Following the eighth public hearing of the January 6 committee’s investigation into events before and during the Capitol riot and the central role of Donald Trump, the former president told a conference of right-wing student activists that a friend had described him as “the most persecuted person in the history our country”.
Speaking at the Turning Point USA Student Action Summit in Tampa, Florida, on Saturday, he continued: “I never thought of it that way. I never had time. I was always fighting these people that were trying to persecute me.”
