7 Jan 2022

President Biden blames his predecessor for Capitol riot

From Morning Report, 8:19 am on 7 January 2022

The United States President, Joe Biden, has blamed his predecessor Donald Trump for last year's Capitol riot, while marking the first anniversary of the January 6th insurrection.

While not mentioning him by name, Mr Biden said the former President tried to prevent the peaceful transfer of power.

Joe Biden also said such an insurrection must never happen again.

US Correspondent, Simon Marks from Washington DC spoke to Sarah Robson about the anniversary.