US Capitol Riots: 'I'm the effing President take me to the Capitol now', aide says Trump raged

Donald Trump tried to grab the steering wheel from a US Secret Service agent when told he would not be taken to the US Capitol during a riot there and even endorsed calls to "hang" his Vice President, an investigation has been told

Cassidy Hutchinson, who served as a top aide to Mr Trump’s chief of staff, Mark Meadows, appeared in a live hearing by the committee investigating the January 6th Capitol riots.

Ms Hutchinson, 25, told the panel Mr Trump was angered after being told he would not be taken to the Capitol and quoted Mr Trump saying: "I'm the effing president, take me up to the Capitol now."

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