01/08/2024

In Iowa, Trump Begs for Release of Those Jailed for 2021 Capitol Attack

The former president said the Biden administration had mistreated them

On Saturday, Donald Trump downplayed his role in the insurrection carried out on the U.S. Capitol on the third anniversary of the attack, arguing that those prosecuted for storming the building should be freed.

Speaking at a campaign event in Clinton, Iowa with the first Republican nominating contest little more than a week away, Trump called those jailed in the wake of the Jan. 6 attack "hostages" and said they had been mistreated by the Biden administration.

"They've suffered enough," Trump said. "I call them 'hostages.' Some people call them 'prisoners.'"

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