His remarks were made in a video released on his Twitter account, which was earlier suspended to prevent the President from inciting further violence.
A day after U.S. President Donald Trump’s supporters, charged after listening to their leader’s remarks at a rally in Washington D.C., stormed the U.S. Capitol, Mr. Trump condemned the violence and acknowledged that a new administration would be sworn in on January 20. Mr. Trump’s remarks were made in a video released on his Twitter account, which was earlier suspended to prevent the President from inciting further violence. Four people died as a result of the attack on the Capitol.
“Like all Americans I am outraged by the violence, lawlessness and mayhem,” Mr. Trump said.
Mr. Trump has consistently claimed that the elections were fraudulent and he – and not Democratic candidate Joe Biden – was the actual winner of the contest without providing adequate evidence to back up his claims.
“The demonstrators who infiltrated the…