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Hogan Gidley, formerly Trump’s deputy press officer, called the Capitol siege a “black eye” in his legacy.
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Five people died when Trump supporters invaded the Capitol on January 6.
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Trump has since been impeached on charges of “inciting an insurrection,” his second impeachment.
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A former deputy White House press secretary said the siege of the Capitol will be a “black eye” for the legacy of former President Donald Trump.
In an interview with Showtime’s TheCircus, host Alex Wagner challenged Hogan Gidley, telling former Trump aide that the former president “will be remembered for the final act of his presidency – a crowd of white supremacists invading the Capitol and trying to kill lawmakers. . “
Gidley told Wagner that there are many events in Trump’s four-year term that people would look back and make it “the only seminal thing”.
“I’m just trying to point out the fact that, he accomplished a lot from a political point of view, he was a lightning rod from a personality point of view,” said Gidley, admitting that “there is no doubt that this last detail was an eye purple, “in reference to the January 6 riot that left at least five dead.
That day, Trump supporters violated the U.S. Capitol and clashed with law enforcement, interrupting a joint session of Congress while lawmakers were supposed to formalize President Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 elections and send lawmakers fighting to protect themselves .
Trump has been criticized for encouraging the crowd and the House has since impeached him on charges of inciting an insurrection. The Senate will soon hold a trial and vote whether the former president will be convicted.
He is the only president in the history of the United States to face two charges.
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Gidley said he was not sure whether Trump regretted anything about the way he handled the riots.
“We don’t talk about that particular thing. I don’t want to guess or try to put thoughts in his head, or words in his mouth. All I can do is look at what he said in real time,” Gidley said before adding quickly. “Like, I don’t know. I don’t know if he regrets something or not.”
So far, 179 people have been accused of the Capitol insurrection.
The violence also stained the political career of several Republican lawmakers. On Thursday, seven Democratic senators filed an ethics complaint against Republican senators Josh Hawley and Ted Cruz and called for an investigation into whether their objections to the January 6 Electoral vote contributed to the siege.
Critics, including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, called on Hawley and Cruz to step down.
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