Trump Makes Absurd Claim That Pence Was “Well-Protected” on January 6

Former President Donald Trump made the absurd assertion that erstwhile Vice President Mike Pence was “well-protected” during the January 6 insurrection, which took spot erstwhile a mob of Trump’s supporters stormed the United States Capitol connected the mendacious premise that the 2020 predetermination had been stolen.

Trump made the assertion successful an interrogation with writer Jonathan Karl, whose book, Betrayal, comes retired adjacent week, and which had an excerpt published successful Vanity Fair.

 “Were you disquieted astir him during that siege? Were you disquieted astir his safety?” Karl asks Trump, according to an audio signaling of the interview.

Trump answers, “No, I thought helium was well-protected, and I had heard that helium was successful bully shape. No. Because I had heard helium was successful precise bully shape. But, but, no, I think…”

Video footage from that day shows the aggravated mob chanting “Hang Mike Pence!” and “Bring retired Pence!” arsenic they hunt for him done the halls of the Capitol. The mob acceptable up makeshift gallows extracurricular the Capitol, indicating that they intended to marque bully connected their threat.

Karl besides brought that up but Trump ne'er responded to it.

“Because it’s communal sense, Jon,” Trump tin beryllium heard saying. “It’s communal consciousness that you’re expected to protect. How tin you — if you cognize a ballot is fraudulent, right? — however tin you walk connected a fraudulent ballot to Congress?” 

You tin perceive the signaling below.

When I interviewed Trump for "Betrayal" and asked him astir his supporters chanting "Hang Mike Pence", helium didn't condemn them, helium defended them. Here's a clip from the interview. More audio from the genuinely shocking interrogation volition aerial Sunday connected @ThisWeekABC pic.twitter.com/MlnhTgw8Cu

— Jonathan Karl (@jonkarl) November 12, 2021

Trump antecedently praised his Pence aft Pence appeared connected Fox News and accused the media of focusing connected “one time successful January.”

“Vice President Mike Pence’s connection during his interrogation with the large Sean Hannity precise overmuch destroys and discredits the Unselect Committees Witch Hunt connected the events of January 6th,” Trump said successful a statement. “It volition proceed anyways, however, due to the fact that the Fake News doesn’t privation to absorption connected Afghanistan, Russia, Taiwan and China, the Border, inflation, and a failing economy.”

During his quality connected Fox, Pence said that the media is focused connected January 6 to “distract from the Biden administration’s failed agenda.”

“They privation to usage that 1 time to effort to demean the quality and intentions of 74 cardinal Americans who believed we could beryllium beardown again and prosperous again and supported america successful 2016 and 2020 but for our portion I genuinely judge we each ought to stay wholly focused connected the future,” Pence said astatine the time.