The Washington Post reported Tuesday that Donald Trump ordered the Secret Service to come up with a plan for him to join his supporters on a march to the Capitol.
Donald Trump is in Washington D.C. to speak at a rally.
The Secret Service asked police to assist with a presidential motorcade on the day of the insurrection, but the response was no, according to a spokeswoman for the deputy mayor.
The Secret Service reached out to D.C. police after Trump said he would walk to the Capitol.
A senior law enforcement official told the Post that the head of the president's detail was the one who canceled any plans because of the danger.
According to Anthony Guglielmi, the Secret Service never came up with a plan for Trump to go to the Capitol on January 6.
The Secret Service made every employee available to the January 6 committee and remains cooperative and supportive of their work, Guglielmi said.
In an interview with the Post in April, Trump said that he wanted to join his supporters at the march, but he didn't. I wanted to leave so bad. The secret service says you can't go. I'd go there in a minute.
The Post reported that witnesses and a senior law enforcement official said that Trump wanted to ride in a motorcade next to protesters marching to the Capitol on January 6. The plan to move Trump to the Capitol wasnixed by Trump's detail leader. The agents were confused when Trump said he would walk down Pennsylvania Avenue and go to the Capitol with his supporters. In an interview with the Post in April, Trump blamed Pelosi and the mayor of D.C. for the attack on the Capitol. He said he had no regrets about calling on his supporters to come to the capital in a post on his account.
The January 6 committee plans to unveil testimony and evidence in its first public hearing.
The Secret Service scrambled after Trump said he would walk down to the Capitol.
The president says he wanted to march to the capitol.
The committee will release previously unseen material next week.
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