Dustin Stockton spoke to CNN's Anderson Cooper shortly after testifying before the House select committee investigating the attempted insurrection.
"I always like to point out that the people who committed violence, the people who attack police officers, or defaced the Capitol, are responsible for their own actions first and foremost," Stockton said."But the buck's gotta stop at President Trump.
"He knew better. And there's no excuse for him sending people down into that situation without having the logistics, the security, the stage and sound systems to control the crowd," Stockton added. "That stuff could have been in place and should have been in place before he ever sent people down there. And the fact that he delayed for so long responding, I think really speaks ill of what his intentions were and what he was doing."
Trump became the first president in history to be impeached twice after he was accused of inciting the riot at the Capitol, telling a crowd of his supporters at the January 6 rally:Elsewhere during the interview, Stockton discussed the"stunning revelations" from the House committee and Donald Trump Jr. had texted Trump's former chief of staff Mark Meadows during the attack to express their concerns about the violence and attempt to get the president to stop it.
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Texts show top Trump defenders' private alarm on Jan. 6 | AP NewsWASHINGTON (AP) — As a mob overran the U.S. Capitol last January, some of Donald Trump's highest-profile defenders in the media — and even his own son — sent urgent text messages to the White House chief of staff urging him to get the then-president to do more to stop the violence.
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