Former President Donald Trump revealed that Secret Service agents blocked him from joining the march to the U.S. Capitol building on Jan.6, 2021.
The former commander-in-chief told The Washington Post Thursday that the “Secret Service said I couldn’t go. I would have gone there in a minute.”
On Jan. 6, 2021, Trump had spoken during a rally highlighting 2020 election issues while both houses of Congress were in session to certify the election.
During the interview with the Post’s Josh Dawsey at his Mar-a-Lago residence in South Florida, Trump said, “I thought it was a shame … and I kept asking why isn’t she doing something about it? Why isn’t Nancy Pelosi doing something about it?”
“And the mayor of D.C. also. The mayor of D.C. and Nancy Pelosi are in charge,” Trump said, referring to the Democrat House speaker and Mayor Muriel Bowser, also a Democrat.
Several days after the Jan. 6 breach of the Capitol, Trump was suspended by most major social media platforms. Twitter—his most used social media platform—claimed it banned his account because Trump would allegedly incite violence regarding the election.
“The crowd was far bigger than I even thought. I believe it was the largest crowd I’ve ever spoken to,” Trump said of the Jan. 6 rally. “I don’t know what that means, but you see very few pictures. They don’t want to show pictures, the fake news doesn’t want to show pictures. But this was a tremendous crowd.”
Referencing a House panel investigating the Jan. 6 incident, Trump told the newspaper that he hasn’t yet been contacted by the committee. His lawyers have invoked executive privilege in a bid to block the committee from issuing subpoenas.
Trump also made reference to several anonymously sourced articles claiming there were gaps in his telephone logs on Jan. 6. Trump said he didn’t use a burner phone and denied removing call logs.
“From the standpoint of telephone calls, I don’t remember getting very many,” he said before adding: “Why would I care about who called me? If congressmen were calling me, what difference did it make? There was nothing secretive about it. There was no secret.”
Also during the interview, Trump declined to say whether he’s planning to run for president in 2024, noting that his health will factor into his final decision.
“I don’t want to comment on running, but I think a lot of people are going to be very happy by my decision, because it’s a little boring now,” the former president remarked.
The Epoch Times has contacted the U.S. Secret Service for comment.
Jack Phillips is a breaking news reporter at The Epoch Times based in New York.
So after his speech he joins in the walk to the Capitol. Hmmmm I wonder how things would have changed?
I am former U.S. Secret Service and also worked the White House as well as Wash.D.C. Embassy Security Heads of State etc..Preparations are needed for Trump to go Anywhere even if it is to the Capitol and if there were large crowds, it woudl have been too dangerous with all the infiltrators there(BLM, FBI, Etc..) Civilians do NTO have any idea of all that is required for movements of the Presidents to go anywhere.
Nixon was infamous for walking out while drunk sometimes and it was a disaster waiting to happen. (I am available for interviews or you can catch me on Dark Outpost Inner Circle Mondays 0800-10:00AM PST ) EMail: john.a.carman@gmail.com