"He's incapable of admitting defeat"
The program Complément d’enquête on France Télévision turned to the events that took place at the Capitol when Joe Biden was elected President of the United States and to the role of Donald Trump in this attack.
Alyssa Farrah Griffin, is the former communications director of Donald Trump's White House. She recounted in detail what happened when the Capitol was stormed by Republican supporters:
"That night, Donald Trump announced his victory and he claimed that there was major fraud. That night, I left the White House before this infamous speech. I didn't want to participate in the spiral that was coming. Did he have proof for such claims? No, absolutely not."
"I think he knew he had lost. I think he's incapable of admitting defeat. He needed a strong narrative to tell that the election had been stolen from him so as not to be seen as a loser. So as not to admit to himself and his supporters that he had lost."
Alyssa Farrah Griffin confirmed who had the idea to contest Joe Biden's election:
"It came directly from Donald Trump, but there were advisers around him who pushed him to do it. Rudy Giuliani had a decisive role. He was the one who told him, you go ahead and say that we won."
Rudy Giuliani is a personality known to all Americans, a former iconic prosecutor and especially the mayor of New York during the attacks of September 11.
"Giuliani was a very respected man in the Republican Party for many years. But over time, Giuliani really transformed. He became a conspiracy theorist. To give you an idea, when we saw him arrive at the White House, we would inform the chief of staff to make sure that he didn't participate in sensitive meetings because he had crazy ideas in the presence of the president."
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