'Pretty sad at this point': Top House Democrat pushes back on Trump's Jan. 6 defense

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Arguments by Donald Trump's attorney that he wasn't acting with illegal intent in pushing to overturn the 2020 election are 'sad,' RepPeteAguilar said on ThisWeekABC

August 6, 2023, 9:46 AMIn this May 31, 2023, file photo, Democratic Caucus Chairman, Rep. Pete Aguilar, speaks following a meeting of the House Democratic Caucus on the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023, in the US Capitol in Washington, D.C.House Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar on Sunday pushed backthat he wasn't acting with illegal intent in pushing to overturn the 2020 election.

“Everybody saw exactly what the former president was doing. We saw the attack on the Capitol, the attack on the police officers and the insurrection," Aguilar, a former member of the House committee that investigated Jan. 6, said on ABC's "This Week."Last week, Trump was indicted for the third time. He has pleaded not guilty.

 

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