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So, yeah, January 6th was *** tragic day and I've spoken and written about it extensively. I have nothing to hide by God's grace. I believe we did our duty that day fulfill the oath that I had taken to the constitution and to the American people. And irrespective of the indictment, I want the American people to know that I had no right to overturn the election. And then on that day, President Trump asked me to put him over the constitution, but I chose the constitution and I always will. And I, I um I really do believe that anyone who puts himself over the constitution should never be president of the United States. And anyone who asks someone else to put themselves under the constitution should never be president of the United States again. Sadly, the president was surrounded by *** group of crackpot lawyers that kept telling him what his itching ears wanted to hear. And while I made my case to him, of what I understood my oath to the constitution to require the president, ultimately ultimately continued to demand that I choose him over the constitution. Now, with regard to the substance of the indictment. I've been very clear. I had hoped it wouldn't come to this. I had hoped that this issue and the judgment of the President's actions that day would be left to the American people. But now it's been brought in *** criminal indictment and I can't assess whether or not the government has the evidence to prove beyond *** reasonable doubt what they assert in the indictment. And the president is entitled to *** presumption of innocence. But for my part, I want people to know that I had no right to overturn the election and that what the president maintained that day and frankly has said over and over again over the last 2.5 years is completely false.