Former acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller walks back Trump blame for Jan. 6 riots
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Former acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller said Tuesday during a hearing on the Jan. 6 riot he’d “reassessed” his previous evaluation that former President Trump’s speech that day had led to his supporters storming the Capitol.
"I think now I would say that is not the unitary factor at all," Miller said during testimony at a House Oversight Committee hearing on the Capitol attack. "I have reassessed," Miller said. "It seems clear there was an organized assault element in place that was going to assault regardless of what the president said." Miller’s statement went further in defense of the president than his written opening testimony, where he wrote: "I stand by my prior observation that I personally believe his comments encouraged the protestors that day," though he added, "I am not in a position to make an official assessment of his responsibility."More Related News