Six minutes later, Trump’s motorcade began heading back to the White House. On Friday, Trump’s defence team had insisted that Trump was not aware of any peril facing Pence. Mark Meadows, the White House chief of staff, also called Ivanka Trump to see if she could talk to her father. The White House counsel, Pat A Cipollone, hammered at Trump to understand that he had potential legal exposure for what was taking place. McCarthy had told Trump that his own office windows were being broken into.

Source: bd News24 February 14, 2021 05:37 UTC