Five people died in the January 6 assault on the Capitol.
Former President Donald Trump claimed the crowd of his supporters who gathered outside the White House for a rally on January 6 before the was “loving,” according to published audio of an interview he conducted with a pair of Washington Post reporters. Mr. Trump discussed the rally at the Ellipse during a March interview with reporters Carol Leonnig and Philip Rucker for their new book “I Alone Can Fix It,” and said the audience was there to support his unfounded claims that the was rigged against him. “It was a loving crowd, too, by the way. There was a lot of love,” the former president said during their meeting at his South Florida club, Mar-A-Lago, according to the audio. “I’ve heard that from everybody. Many, many have told me that was a loving crowd.” Five people died after a mob of Mr. Trump’s supporters breached the U.S. Capitol on January 6 in an attempt to stop Congress from counting states’ electoral votes and reaffirming President Biden’s victory.
