Yahoo Autos Trump ignored pleas to intervene during Capitol riot and kept watching the violence unfold on TV instead, book says
Trump ignored pleas to intervene on January 6 and call off rioters, according to a new book.
The authors said Trump instead "kept watching television" where the violence was being broadcast.
The anecdote was published by CNN in extracts of a new book by Bob Woodward and Robert Costa.
A national security official pleaded with President Donald Trump to intervene and stop his supporters attacking the US Capitol on January 6, but was ignored while Trump watched the violence unfold on TV, according to extracts of a new book.
In the new book "Peril," veteran reporters Bob Woodward and Robert Costa describe the chaotic final months of the Trump administration.
At the time, the president was trying to overturn his defeat by Joe Biden, pushing baseless claims of electoral fraud which inspired his supporters to attack the Capitol.
According to extracts of the book published by CNN Tuesday, Trump watched the chaos unfold on live TV in the White House.
He was there with retired Gen. Keith Kellogg, who served as Vice President Mike Pence's security advisor.
Kellog urged Trump to intervene by sending a message on social media telling his supporters to back down.
"You really should do a tweet," Kellogg said, according to the authors.
