Former United States President Joe Biden has said President Donald Trump should never escape responsibility for the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot, declaring that the incident \u201cshould follow him to his grave\u201d.\n<\/p>\n
Biden made the remarks in an excerpt from his forthcoming memoir published by The Atlantic on Monday, in which he also criticised Trump for pardoning supporters convicted over the attack on the US Capitol.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cThe criminals who attacked law-enforcement officers that day didn\u2019t deserve pardons,\u201d Biden wrote. \u201cThey deserved prison terms.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
The former president accused Trump and his administration of seeking to undermine democratic institutions and fuel divisions in the country.<\/p>\n
Biden also condemned Trump\u2019s response to the violence, accusing him of turning a blind eye to attacks on law enforcement officers during the riot.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cYou don\u2019t get to turn a blind eye to cops being punched, speared, sprayed, and brutalised and call yourself a friend of law enforcement,\u201d he wrote.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat Trump did on January 6, 2021, should never be forgotten. It should follow him to his grave,\u201d Biden added.<\/p>\n
The January 6 riot occurred after Trump addressed supporters at a rally in Washington, DC, as Congress prepared to certify Biden\u2019s victory in the 2020 presidential election.<\/p>\n
Trump\u2019s supporters stormed the Capitol in an attempt to disrupt the certification process.\n<\/p>\n
After returning to the White House in January 2025, Trump pardoned more than 1,000 people convicted over their involvement in the riot and commuted the sentences of a dozen members of far-right groups, including the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers.\n<\/p>\n
Trump defended the pardons, saying the affected individuals \u201chave been destroyed\u201d. <\/p>\n
Responding to the BBC\u2019s request for comment on Biden\u2019s remarks, White House spokesperson Lauren Bis described the former president as \u201cthe worst president in American history\u201d.\n<\/p>\n
Bis also criticised Biden\u2019s record in office, accusing his administration of creating a border crisis, being soft on crime, contributing to high inflation and pursuing what she called \u201cAmerica-Last policies\u201d.\n<\/p>\n
In the memoir excerpt, Biden also recounted a lengthy meeting with Trump following the latter\u2019s victory in the 2024 presidential election.<\/p>\n
He said he was surprised when Trump reportedly told him that, \u201cif it weren\u2019t for politics, I believe we\u2019d be good friends\u201d.\n<\/p>\n
Biden said the remark left him \u201ctoo stunned to respond\u201d.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cHe said my performance on job creation had been \u2018extraordinary,\u2019\u201d Biden wrote, adding that Trump also said he had been relieved not to face him in the election.\n<\/p>\n
The former president said he did not understand why Trump was complimenting him and moved the conversation to the issues they needed to discuss.\n<\/p>\n
The memoir is scheduled for release later in November.\n<\/p>\n
Biden, who served one term as president, has been undergoing treatment for prostate cancer and has limited his promotional activities for the book.\n<\/p>\n
In a social media post on Sunday, he spoke about his experience with the illness, saying some days were better than others.<\/p>\n
\u201cSome days are better than others,\u201d Biden wrote. \u201cIt hasn\u2019t stopped me. But sometimes it slows me down.\u201d\n <\/p>\n
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