At a speech in Nashville, Trump blasted the committee's efforts as politically motivated, and insisted he'd done nothing wrong.
to remain in power. The committee has presented harrowing video footage and searing testimony, including accounts from Trump's close associates and members of his family.so far —"a complete and total lie." He spent much of his speech blasting the committee's efforts as politically motivated, and insisting he'd done nothing wrong.
The former president also opined about those who are being prosecuted for their role in the Jan. 6 rioting, and suggested, as he has in the past few months, that he would look at pardoning some of them if he wins the presidency again. "I never called Mike Pence a wimp," Trump said Friday."I never called him a wimp. Mike Pence had a chance to be great. He had a chance to be, frankly, historic."