Could one Trump Tweet on Jan. 6th hang Donald Trump? By Hal Brown, MSW

This article in RawStory explains how one tweet Trump posted during the Jan. 6th insurrection could be his undoing.

Trump ‘blindsided’ closest advisers on Jan. 6 with Twitter post encouraging more violence.

Excerpt:

Donald Trump’s Twitter post on Jan. 6 that lashed out at former vice president Mike Pence while supporters of the now former president were trashing the U.S. Capitol both “blindsided” and infuriated some of his top advisers, reports ABC News.

According to the Sunday morning report, senior Trump advisor Dan Scavino, who normally does the posting on Trump’s social media accounts, had to defend himself when the unattended Trump made Pence a target for the rioters with a statement on Twitter, now known as X.

In one telling exchange, Scavino told investigators working for special counsel Jack Smith that the former president was informed Pence was being moved to a secure location to protect him from the rioters, only for Trump to respond, “So what?” which stunned his aides.

Jake Tapper from ABC News posted this on Feb. 10, 2021 here.

Only now is this coming out as evidence which Jack Smith seems likley to use to prove Trump wanted the insurrection to succeed and that he knew his silence would be taken as his directing his supporters to continue their violent assault.

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