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.
