The violent siege of the Capitol was ongoing – then Donald Trump was urged by his advisers to try to calm the situation.
But instead of calming down, Trump threw “gasoline on the fire” by denouncing Vice President Mike Pence.
TV4 Nyhetern’s foreign correspondent Stefan Borg comments on the latest information.
– The whole thing is very well documented. For one thing, we know that he sat the whole time and watched the whole process, for just over three hours, says Borg and continues.
– And then there were a number of people from the White House and from Congress who called him to stop this, but he refused to do so.
See the full analysis – and the dramatic images from the storming – in the player above.