The former president has been ordered to testify before the committee about his alleged role in the events of January 6, 2021.
, should testify before the House of Representatives' Select Committee investigating the 2021 Capitol riot.
Trump made the remarks at the"ReAwaken America" rally in Manheim, Pennsylvania on Friday where he also briefly called his father and had him address the crowd.to former President Trump ordering him to testify before the panel on his alleged role in efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.
Eric Trump does an interview during a campaign rally for his father, then U.S. President Donald Trump, at the BOK Center, June 20, 2020 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Trump has suggested his father should testify before the House January 6 committee.Eric Trump suggested that his father's appearance before the committee could be entertaining and that the former president would take the opportunity to discuss unfounded claims that the 2020 election was stolen.. Did anybody see this?" Trump said.
"This hoax committee. And I'm telling you, I told him a minute ago—I go, you have to go testify, because it will be the greatest entertainment. Who wants to pop a beer, make some popcorn, and watch Donald Trump talk about election fraud in the United States of America?" he said.and praised the"amazing crowd" in the call with his father, while Trump praised his son, calling him a"great guy.