U.S. Attorney General William Barr and U.S. President Donald Trump Drew Angerer | Getty Images News
WASHINGTON — Former Attorney General William Barr has called President Donald Trump’s actions a “betrayal of his office and supporters” after pro-Trump rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol.
In a statement obtained by NBC News on Thursday, Barr said Trump was responsible for “orchestrating a mob to pressure Congress,” calling his former boss’ actions “inexcusable.”
More than 50 U.S. Capitol Police and D.C. police officers sustained injuries during the attack on the Capitol, wrote Steven Sund, chief of U.S. Capitol Police. Sund described Wednesday’s events as “criminal riotous behavior.”
“The violent attack on the U.S. Capitol was unlike any I have ever experienced in my 30 years in law enforcement here in Washington, D.C.,” Sund said. Rioters attacked police with metal pipes, chemical irritants and other weapons, he said.
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