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Trump Cancels January 6 News Conference
January 4, 2022 at 6:25 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 126 Comments
https://politicalwire.com/2022/01/04/trump-cancels-january-6-news-comference/
"SNIP......
Former President Donald Trump announced he is scrapping a planned news conference on the one-year anniversary of the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, The Hill reports.
Trump blamed the House select committee charged with investigating the Jan. 6 riot for the cancellation.
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onecaliberal
(32,898 posts)applegrove
(118,793 posts)That makes almost 80% of Americans who want to see some or more jail time for Jan 6 insurrectionists.
Raven123
(4,867 posts)DBoon
(22,397 posts)and shutting up rather than continuing to incriminate himself
brewens
(13,622 posts)actually. I wouldn't have watched it live though.
alittlelark
(18,890 posts)His 'Depends' are full and DU does not seem to have the 'turd' emoji, ??!!?
I bet a lawyer he would flee the country a year after leaving office.............. I still have a week or so
Yeah, it's for a hot dog lunch - but I still have faith
Mad_Machine76
(24,438 posts)He figured he wouldnt be getting on 1/6? And he probably delivered the same message he was going to put out anyway. And now everybody is covering it.
LetMyPeopleVote
(145,567 posts)TFG was not going to get live TV coverage
Link to tweet
According to Maggie Haberman of The New York Times, one of the reasons for the cancelation is that Trump's advisors and associates privately told him that the press conference would be a mistake and that he would probably not get his event covered live, something that he reveled in throughout his TV career and as president.