Trump claims "persecution" of him would "immediately stop" if he decided not to run for political office
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Former President Donald Trump claimed that if he did not pursue the presidency again, Washington would leave him alone.
"If I announced that I was not going to run any longer for political office the persecution of Donald Trump would immediately stop," Trump said at a rally in Prescott Valley, Ariz., Friday night. "But that is not what I do. I can't do that, I can't do that. Can't do that. Because I love this country and I love you."
The House select committee investigating the assault on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 held its final hearing for the summer on Thursday, in which it examined Trump's refusal to take any action to urge rioters who had overrun the Capitol to leave. But it was the testimony of former aide Cassidy Hutchinson a few weeks ago that he mentioned Friday.
