How Trump’s ‘will be wild’ tweet drew rioters to the Capitol on Jan. 6

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News : NPR A tweet by former President Donald Trump appears on screen during a House Select Committee hearing to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Court documents reveal this tweet drew rioters to Washington, D.C., that day.

In the cases against the hundreds of Capitol riot defendants, attorneys repeatedly reference how Trump’s tweet motivated rioters to come to Washington, D.C. — sometimes with weapons and armor in tow.

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July 14, 2022 at 01:26AM Tom Dreisbach

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