Hillary Clinton slams Trump with new accusation over Jan. 6 riot

During an appearance on. MSNBC's "Morning Joe" on Thursday, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton described how she and her family watched the Jan 6. riot on TV and wondered where Donald Trump was as the insurrectionists stormed the Capitol.

Speaking with all three co-hosts, Clinton — who bested Trump in the popular vote by almost 3 million votes but lost in the Electoral College — made clear she thought the former president was pleased with what he helped create.

Recalling the day, she told the hosts, "I came back in to my house, I didn't have any knowledge of anything going on, and, you know, Chelsea and her husband, Mark and the kids were living with us during COVID, and Bill was at our breakfast table and Chelsea was standing next to him, and they had the television on and I didn't even know what they were watching."

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"There were these images of the Capitol, and people scuffling and fighting with police officers and scaling the walls," she continued. "And, you know, Bill told me that, you know, there were rioters who were doing what they thought to be Trump's bidding, trying to interrupt the certification of the election in the congress, and were, you know, in full riot mode."

"And, you know, Bill had his, literally, head in his hands, he just could not believe it," she added. "I was looking at a place I'd gone to work in for eight years; I was stunned, sickened, and, you know, my daughter, who has grown up in politics, and, you know, has been around people who are of different parties, but as always, you know, found ways to talk to everybody, and particularly loved the way that, you know, George and Barbara Bush treated her from the time she was a little girl, so, you know, we have very fond memories of the transition of power, the peaceful transition, and we were just in a state of deep, deep worry and despair."

She then pointed out, "Like many, many Americans, we watched that unfold throughout the day, and wondered, 'Where was the president? Where were the orders to end this terrible assault on our democracy?' And of course, they weren't there because he was, I have to say, enjoying what he was watching on television. That's the only conclusion one can draw, and he held out hope that his efforts to intimidate, to overwhelm the legitimate constitutional process might actually work."

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