Trump Was Keen To Join Capitol Riot- US Congressional Panel

Former US president Donald Trump demanded to join last year’s Capitol riot in a bid to overturn the 2020 elections, a congressional panel heard on Tuesday night.

A White House committee investigating the 6 January 2021 incident was informed that Mr Trump knew the crowd amassed in Washington was armed and could turn violent, but wanted security precautions loosened because his supporters were not there to attack him.

Trump took exceptions to his staff trying to stop him.

In extraordinary testimony monitored on CNN, top White Houseaide Cassidy Hutchinson claimed the former president demanded to march to the Capitol even as the riot was underway.

When the former US President was being convinced to hold back, he threw his lunch plate to the wall.

She said she overheard Mr Trump say “something to the effect of: ‘You know, I don’t effing care that they have weapons. They’re not here to hurt me. They can march to the Capitol from here. Let the people in.”

Izuchukwu Okosi

Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc. In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio. He worked there for 13 years until October 2017. Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch. He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations. Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ). He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line. Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.