US President Donald Trump has responded to the new attempt by Democrats to have him impeached from office before defending his speech which urged his supporters to march to the Capitol.
Democrats are attempting to impeach Donald Trump in view of the violence which rocked the US Capitol last week, leaving five people, including a police officer dead.
The House of Representatives is expected to vote on an article of impeachment on Wednesday against Mr Trump for “incitement of insurrection”.
Speaking as he left the White House for a visit to Texas to inspect a section of the border wall with Mexico on Tuesday, the president said that the attempt by Democrats to impeach him is causing “tremendous anger”.
“I think it’s causing tremendous anger”, he said.
Referring to impeachment efforts, he called it a “witch hunt”. “[Impeachment] is a continuation of the greatest witch hunt in the history of politics”, he said.
During his speech at the rally in Washington…
Source: Linda Ikeji
