Biden says Trump ‘lacked the courage to act’ during January 6 attack

President criticizes Trump for inaction during Capitol riot, saying he watched it all happen' from the comfort of the White House

Joe Biden has said that his presidential predecessor Donald Trump lacked the courage to act" as a mob of his supporters tried to halt the congressional certification of his defeat in the 2020 election by mounting the January 6 attack on the Capitol.

In virtual remarks Monday to the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives, Biden - who was recovering from Covid-19 - said police officers defending the Capitol were speared, sprayed, stomped on, brutalized" for hours by white nationalists and other Trump sycophants who bought his false claims that he'd been robbed of victory by electoral fraudsters.