Donald Trump Inaction as January 6 Insurrection Happens Highlighted as New Evidence Comes to Light

New evidence regarding the January 6 Capitol Insurrection has shown that Donald Trump actively refused to help stop the violent uprising that happened at the US Capitol building on that fateful day where thousands of his supporters stormed the area and disrupted the official declaration of Joe Biden as the winner of the 2020 US presidential elections.

Sources familiar with the investigation by Special Counsel Jack Smith have told ABC News that several close Trump aides, including former deputy chief of staff Dan Scavino, have told investigators that the then-president was "not interested" in doing more to stop the riot and was instead watching it unfold on TV and doing nothing else about it.

Scavino, who is currently a paid senior adviser to Trump's reelection campaign, initially refused to cooperate with any investigation but was prompted to speak with Smith's team after a judge overruled claims of executive privilege last year. Details of that interview, as well as Smith team's interviews with other White House advisers and top lawyers, have now come out, and they showed what Trump's demeanor was as the insurrection was happening.

Scavino reportedly told investigators that even as the violence was escalating at the Capitol on January 6, Trump "was just not interested" in doing more to stop it. This was further backed by testimony from former Trump aide Nick Luna, who told federal investigators that when Trump was informed that then-Vice President Mike Pence had to be rushed to a secure location, the then-POTUS only responded with "So what?"

The Scavino testimony also showed that the Trump aide informed the then-president, "This is all your legacy here, and there's smoke coming out of the Capitol," and admitted that he hoped his boss would facilitate a peaceful transfer of power from that point.

These newly-surfaced testimonies have strengthened allegations from Democrats and Republicans critical of Trump that he committed "an utter moral failure" and "a clear dereliction of duty" during the events of January 6, 2021.

Donald Trump Lawyers Cannot Argue Against New E. Jean Carroll Defamation Lawsuit, Judge Rules

Meanwhile, as more of what Trump was doing during January 6 is coming to light, a federal judge has ruled that his attorneys cannot present legal arguments to a jury assessing damages for his latest defamation case filed by former Elle Magazine columnist E. Jean Carrol.

The determination was made in advance of a trial scheduled for January 16. The jury would only be determining defamation damages after Trump made repeated claims about the E. Jean Carrol rape case after he was found liable for sexual assault, according to the Associated Press.

Video of Donald Trump Mocking John McCain at the Campaign Trail Surfaces

While Trump is blaming Democrats for most of his problems, he is also making fun of fellow Republicans, including late Arizona Senator John McCain, who was also a war hero who was captured and tortured in Vietnam.

The ex-POTUS blamed McCain in an Iowa speech for his administration's failure to repeal his campaign promise of repealing the Affordable Care Act, which is widely known as Obamacare.

"Obamacare is a catastrophe, nobody talks about it. You know, without John McCain, we would've had it done," he said, before mocking the late war hero's disability of not being able to lift his arm up after constant torture from the North Vietnamese, saying, "John McCain, for some reason, couldn't get his arm up that day, remember? He goes ... like that. That was the end of that."

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Written by: Rick Martin

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