“A simple protest that got out of hand”: Trump downplays the Capitol attack, ridicules Pence, and flirts again with White House bid

Former President Donald Trump made his first public appearance on Friday since the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection began its hearings and, unironically, on the 50th anniversary of the Watergate break-in. In typical fashion, he excoriated the congressional panel and all but confirmed his third presidential bid. Speaking to religious conservatives at the Faith & Freedom Coalition’s annual conference in Nashville, Trump denounced the congressional committee’s hearings as a “theatrical production of partisan political fiction” and protested his innocence. “What you’re seeing is a complete and total lie. It’s a complete and total fraud,” Trump told a cheering… Read Full Article