Jan. 6 committee's Luria releases video testimony about lines that were stricken from Trump’s post-riot remarks

Rep. Luria released a video of previously unseen testimony about former President Trump’s reluctance to condemn the rioters a day after the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.

Rep. Elaine Luria, who led part of the Jan. 6 committee's prime-time public hearing last week, released a video Monday featuring previously unseen testimony about former President Donald Trump’s reluctance to condemn the violent actions of his supporters a day after the Capitol riot.

"It took more than 24 hours for President Trump to address the nation again after his Rose Garden video on January 6th in which he affectionately told his followers to go home in peace," Luria, D-Va., tweeted alongside the video Monday morning. "There were more things he was unwilling to say."

The video shows Ivanka Trump, the former president's oldest daughter who served as one of his top advisers, responding to a draft copy of his remarks from the White House on Jan. 7, 2021, that had several lines of text crossed out.

“I want to be very clear, you do not represent me. You do not represent our movement," read one of the crossed-out lines directly addressing the rioters.

Another stricken part would have asserted that the former president was "directing the Department of Justice to ensure all law breakers are prosecuted to the full extent of the law. We must send a clear message not with mercy but with JUSTICE. Legal consequences must be swift and firm."

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/jan-6-committees-luria-tweets-video-testimony-lines-stricken-trumps-po-rcna39848


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