ABC News Chief Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl said on Friday that the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack at the U.S. Capitol “clearly” demonstrated during Thursday’s hearing that then-President Donald Trump’s conduct on that day was “a betrayal of America.”Appearing on Good Morning America, Karl said the committee showed “a direct line from the words of Donald Trump to the murderous rage of the people that were hunting his own vice president down in this building [the Capitol].”Karl went on to say the committee also “showed using the words of people in Trump’s inner-circle, that there was absolutely no legal basis for what Trump was demanding. The hearing revealed Pence was within 40 feet of the rioters, who called for Pence to be hanged. Watch above, via ABC. Have a tip we should know? tips@mediaite.com

Source: Washington Post June 17, 2022 16:44 UTC