'Twitter—and other social media companies—must stop shirking responsibility, especially as the country prepares for another national election,' says freepress' attorneynora.
In recorded testimony, the witness said that Trump"was speaking directly to extremist organizations and giving them directives. We had not seen that sort of direct communication before."
Another witness, convicted January 6 insurrectionist Stephen Ayres, testified in person that the Capitol attackers were"basically just following" what Trump said, and that the seditious mob began to disperse after the president asked them to leave the building.Trump's account two days after the deadly Capitol attack, the former employee testified that company leaders knew for some time that his tweets were inciting violence.
Lisa Gilbert, executive vice president of Public Citizen and co-chair of the Not Above the Law Coalition, said in a statement that"Trump's intimate ties to far-right extremist groups were a cornerstone of his presidency" and that the former president"harnessed the organized anger and venom of these groups to form a mob."
Calling Trump's words"carefully chosen" and his actions"premeditated," Stand Up America founder and president Sean Eldridgethat"after it became clear that his illegal scheme to overturn the 2020 election was failing, President Trump took to Twitter to summon thousands of violent extremists to the nation's capital with the express purpose of obstructing the peaceful transfer of power.
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