MICK MULVANEY/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Mick Mulvaney, who stepped down as Trump’s special envoy to Northern Ireland after the insurrection, called Trump’s comments that his supporters were ‘hugging and kissing’ police officers and posed ‘zero threat,’ despite widespread violence, ‘manifestly false.’ […]
‘It’s not right to say there was no risk, I don’t know how you can say that when people were killed,’ he added…
Mulvaney was one of a handful of senior officials who resigned in the wake of the January 6 riot, including former Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao and former Trump deputy national security adviser Matt Pottinger.”
-Kelly Mena, “Former Trump chief of staff calls ex-President’s Capitol riot claims ‘manifestly false,’” cnn.com, Mar. 27, 2021