Former President Donald Trump resisted a push to firmly denounce his supporters who stormed the Capitol in a speech the day after the attack, a member of the Jan. 6 Select House Committee said Monday.
Trump crossed out lines in a draft of the speech telling the rioters that “You don’t represent me. You don’t represent our movement,” according to a video released by Rep. Elaine Luria, D-Va.
Additional text deleted from the Jan. 7 speech included: “I am directing the Department of Justice to ensure all lawbreakers are prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. We must send a clear message – not with mercy but with JUSTICE. Legal consequences must be swift and firm.”
