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Trump won’t commit to discouraging violence among his supporters

Source: AP

Donald Trump simply walked away when asked if he would discourage his followers from violence as he ended a press conference in Washington, DC after attending a hearing at the District’s US Court of Appeals.

“Will you tell your supporters now, no matter what, no violence?” a reporter asked Mr Trump as he left the briefing. The former president, whose second impeachment came after he was accused of inciting the January 6, 2021 insurrection, refused to answer and kept walking out of the room.

“I did absolutely nothing wrong, working for the country, and I worked very hard on voter fraud … And we found tremendous voter fraud. We have a list of it.

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