Jimmy Fallon was shocked by Donald Trump’s response when his vice chairman’s life was in peril ― however not for the rationale you suppose.
On Jan. 6, 2021, Trump allegedly reacted with indifference when he was instructed by an aide that Mike Pence needed to be evacuated from the Senate, as rioters, spurred by the previous president’s false claims of election fraud, stormed the U.S. Capitol.
That element was one in all many revealed in a 165-page court docket submitting from particular counsel Jack Smith that was unsealed Wednesday within the election conspiracy case in opposition to Trump.
“Get this: The submitting mentioned that on January sixth, when Trump was instructed that Mike Pence needed to be taken to a safe location for his security, his response was, ‘So what?’” Fallon mentioned on “The Tonight Present” Thursday.
“To be sincere, I’m extra shocked Trump didn’t tweet out the safe location,” he added. “‘Hundred-dollar finders charge, sniff him out, boys!’”
Watch Fallon’s monologue under.
