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Nancy Pelosi: Trump Could Be Accessory To Murder Because He ‘Instigated’ An ‘Insurrection’

Emily Zanotti
Nancy Pelosi: Trump Could Be Accessory To Murder Because He ‘Instigated’ An ‘Insurrection’
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In an interview with MSNBC’s Joy Reid Wednesday, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) suggested that now-former President Donald Trump could be held as an “accessory” to murder for “instigating” an “insurrection” at the United States Capitol.

Pelosi, who presided over a vote to impeach Trump a second time but has yet to send the article of impeachment to the Senate for a trial, told Reid that she believed Trump directly encouraged rioters to attack the United States Capitol building and that Trump bears responsibility for the five deaths that happened as a result.

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