"I have been shocked to watch some public figures try to rewrite history, claiming rioters behaved 'in an orderly fashion' like ordinary tourists, or martyrizing convicted January 6 defendants as 'political prisoners' or even, incredibly, 'hostages.' (Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images, FILE)Former President Donald Trump has referred to Jan. 6 defendants as "hostages." "The J6 hostages, I call them," Trump said at a rally on the eve of the Jan. 6 anniversary this year. "Nobody has been treated ever in history so badly as those people nobody's ever been treated in our country." Judge 'shocked' by efforts to 'rewrite history' of Jan. 6 attack, those who label perpetrators 'hostages' originally appeared on abcnews.go.com

Source: ABC News January 26, 2024 20:47 UTC