Meadows told Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures” that although Trump had been an advocate about offering Capitol Police and National Guard presence at the Capitol several times last month, his offer was censured “every time.”
“We also know that in January, but also throughout the summer, that the president was very vocal in making sure that we had plenty of National Guard, plenty of additional support because he supports our rule of law and supports our law enforcement and offered additional help,” Meadows told host Maria Bartiromo.
“Even in January, that was a given, as many as 10,000 National Guard troops were told to be on the ready by the Secretary of Defense” Meadows said. “That was a direct order from President Trump and yet here is what we see … all kinds of blame going around but yet not a whole lot of accountability.”
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“That accountability needs to rest where it ultimately should be and that’s on Capitol Hill” Meadows added.
Democrats claim that the president provoked the violence at the Capitol in an address he gave near the White House on Jan 6. In his speech, Trump practiced the words “fight like hell” in reference to his team’s legal efforts around election integrity. The Democrats claim that Trump used the words to encourage his followers to commit violence. Although, in the speech Trump gave, he later prompted his supporters not to practice violence and make their voices heard legally.
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House Democrats, joined by 10 Republicans, voted on Jan. 13 to approve a single article of impeachment against Trump for “incitement of insurrection,” making him the first president to be impeached twice. When the Senate trial opens on Feb. 9, he will become the first former president to stand trial.
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Meadows outlined the impeachment endeavor against the former president as “political theater.”
“It’s really about Democrats trying to once again make a political point,” he said. “This whole impeachment is designed to remove someone from office. President Trump is a private citizen at this point. And yet they can’t stand it. They have to continue to go ahead and try to put forth some kind of narrative that scores political points.”
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He added, “But we have seen it before. The American people are not going to have it. We have already had 45 senators say that this is unconstitutional. But it’s more than that. It’s a violation of due process. It’s not what our founding fathers set up. And it sets a very bad precedent of future officeholders.”
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