Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Monday reacted to a House committee’s Jan. 6 recommendation that former President Donald Trump be prosecuted for his role in the Capitol riot.
McConnell, who denounced Trump after the Capitol riot but later tempered his criticism, said “the whole nation knows who is responsible for that day,” according to CNN’s Many Raju, but did not name Trump in the a specific way.
HPGam.cmd.push(function(){ return HPGam.render(“inline-1”, “entry_paragraph_1”, false); });
The jury on January 6 recommended that the Justice Department prosecute Trump on four charges, including inciting an insurrection against the United States. The delays are largely symbolic because they can’t compel prosecutors to act, but they still put pressure on the Justice Department.
The panel also referred House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and three other Republican lawmakers to the House Ethics Committee to challenge congressional subpoenas.
Shortly after January 6, McConnell condemned Trump, saying the former president had “provoked the mob” that stormed the US Capitol. He reportedly told reporter Jonathan Martin that he felt “happy” with how thoroughly Trump discredited himself in the attack.
HPGam.cmd.push(function(){ return HPGam.render(“inline-2”, “entry_paragraph_3”, false); });
“He put a gun to his head and pulled the trigger,” McConnell told Martin in the early hours of January 7.
The Republican leader has since been more muted in his criticism of Trump, even as the former president badmouthed him and his wife Elaine Chao and called for McConnell to be fired.
After Trump suggested parts of the Constitution should be struck down because of his baseless claims of voter fraud in 2020, McConnell said: “Anybody running for president who basically says the Constitution should be suspended or ignored, it seems to me that be very difficult. for him. swear”.
After Trump’s recent meeting with Ye, the anti-Semitic artist formerly known as Kanye West, and Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes at Mar-a-Lago, McConnell offered simply: “Whoever ‘gets together with white nationalists’ is very unlikely to be elected president. of the United States.”
McConnell has said he would support Trump if he unseats the GOP nominee in 2024.
HPGam.cmd.push(function(){ return HPGam.render(“inline-infinite”, “repeating_dynamic_display”, false); });
Source: Huff Post
I’m a passionate and motivated journalist with a focus on world news. My experience spans across various media outlets, including Buna Times where I serve as an author. Over the years, I have become well-versed in researching and reporting on global topics, ranging from international politics to current events.