WASHINGTON —Former President Donald Trump told a top congressional Republican during the deadly assault by his supporters on the Capitol last month that the mob was “more upset” about his election defeat than lawmakers, a fellow Republican said.
News of the phone call came hours before Trump’s impeachment trial was expected to wrap up in the Senate on Saturday, leaving the divided chamber to decide whether to convict him on a charge he incited insurrection.
Much of this week’s trial focused on how much Trump knew about the rioters’ actions as they rampaged through Congress on Jan. 6 seeking to prevent lawmakers from certifying Democrat Joe Biden’s victory in the November elec…
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