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January 3, 2022

As Jan. 6 Anniversary Looms, Rep. Liz Cheney Says Trump's Inner Circle Tried to Get Him to Stop Riot
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Back in the U.S., President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris
are set to speak at an event Thursday marking the first anniversary of
the U.S. Capitol insurrection. On Sunday, Wyoming Congressmember Liz
Cheney, the top Republican on the House committee investigating the
insurrection, told ABC News former President Trump is "clearly unfit for
future office" as she described his refusal to stop the violent mob
attack on January 6.

Rep. Liz Cheney: "We know, as he was sitting there in the dining room
next to the Oval Office, members of his staff were pleading with him to
go on television to tell people to stop. We know Leader Mc Carthy was
pleading with him to do that. We know members of his family, we know his
daughter - we have firsthand testimony that his daughter Ivanka went in
at least twice to ask him to please stop this violence."



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