House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she doesn’t think former President Donald Trump is “manly enough” to appear on a House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riots.
“I don’t think he’s a man enough to appear,” Pelosi said during an appearance on MSNBC Sunday. I think.But I don’t think he’ll show up.I don’t think he’s man enough.We’ll see.”
Pelosi’s comments come after the committee submitted a subpoena to Trump on Friday, which said the former president had until Nov. 4 to turn over key documents related to the riots, and Nov. 14. He said he must attend the committee by
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“Overwhelming evidence that he personally organized and oversaw a multi-pronged effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election and impede the peaceful transition of power, as demonstrated in our hearings. Collected. Wrote on playing cards.
Earlier this month, in a 14-page letter to the special committee on Jan. 6, Trump declined to say whether he would comply with the subpoena or appear before the committee.
“Despite very low television ratings, the non-selection committee has perpetuated program trials like nothing this country has ever seen,” Trump said in the letter.
But sources close to Trump say the former president “loves the idea of testifying” before the commission, and last week Trump took the opportunity to “show how corrupt the election was and how the commission How corrupt and how Nancy Pelosi didn’t call the National Guard three days before January 3, 2021, as Trump urged.”
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Trump’s subpoena is expected to start a legal battle over whether the commission can compel the former president to testify.
But Pelosi argued that the American people deserved answers and that the former president should comply.
“See if he’s man enough to show up and the public should judge,” Pelosi said. “No one is above the law. If we believe it. , they should make a judgment as to how he will respond to the request.”
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“It’s up to them to decide what action the committee takes. I’ve stayed away from their decisions, but what they do also sends a message of respect to him.” Pelosi continued. “He has not honored our oath to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States. I had more respect for the position he held.”