- Former President Donald Trump claimed that his speech on January 6 was "extremely calming."
- In the speech, the outgoing president told his supporters to march to the Capitol and "fight like hell."
- The former president told Fox News said he had "nothing to hide" from the Jan. 6 congressional committee.
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Former President Donald Trump claimed that a speech he gave to supporters on January 6 before the Capitol riot was "extremely calming."
"I have nothing to hide," Trump told Fox News' Laura Ingraham on Friday night, referring to the congressional panel investigating the Capitol riot.
"I wasn't involved in that and if you look at my words and what I said in the speech, they were extremely calming, actually."
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In the 70-minute speech on January 6, Trump repeated false claims that the 2020 election had been "stolen" from him and encouraged his followers to march to the Capitol.
"You'll never take back our country with weakness. You have to show strength and you have to be strong," Trump said in the speech.
"We fight like hell. And if you don't fight like...
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