Biden confronts Trump over Jan. 6, warns of 'dagger at the throat of democracy'
ABC News
In a speech from the Capitol, President Joe Biden confronted former President Donald Trump for what he called his 'web of lies' about Jan. 6 and his election defeat.
President Joe Biden took the oath of office just days after the violent attack on the Capitol last Jan. 6, but he has fastidiously tried to prevent those unprecedented circumstances -- or his predecessor -- from dominating his first year in the White House.
But on the anniversary of the insurrection Thursday he confronted former President Donald Trump in a direct, personal way, in some of his strongest language yet.
"We must be absolutely clear about what is true and what is a lie. And here's truth," he said, speaking from Statuary Hall in the Capitol that rioters ransacked last Jan. 6. "The former president of the United States of America has created and spread a web of lies about the 2020 election. He's done so because he values power over principle. Because he sees his own interest as more important than his country's interest, than America's interest, and because his bruised ego matters more to him than our democracy or our Constitution. He can’t accept he lost."
On Jan. 6, ABC News Live will provide all-day coverage of events marking one year since the attack on the U.S. Capitol and the continuing fallout for American democracy.
