Attorney of capitol rioter who stormed the US Capitol on January 6 referred to Donald Trump as a cult leader who brainwashed his client.
As Clint Broden argued, his client, 34-year-old Capitol rioter Garret Miller, was manipulated by the former president because he was vulnerable.
Speaking of Trump’s social media ban, the attorney said he believes that his client, who stormed the Capitol and made threats to assassinate Rep. AOC, now has better chances of recovering.
“I have referred to him as a cult leader. Donald Trump was a cult leader,” Broden said on CNN’s Cuomo Prime Time.
“You have somebody like Garrett Miller, who is not very politically involved, hadn’t even voted much earlier in life, loses his job and gets focused on the internet and you have, as I said, a cult leader telling him to do X, Y and Z to protect the country.”
According to the attorney, he has been working to “deprogram” his client after managing to isolate him from Trump’s narrative following Miller’s arrest and the former president’s social media ban.
“That’s what cult leaders do. They prey on vulnerable people. And not to excuse what Miller did, as you said, his comments are vile, disgusting, what have you. But without going into attorney-client privilege, I’m having some discussions with him and really we’re trying to deprogram him,” Broden said.
He added: “I think he thought he was going to join the comradery of the crowd and a bigger purpose and that was what Trump was inviting him to and I think he went along with the crowd and went in.
“Certainly not to excuse his actions; he didn’t have firearms that day unlike others, he didn’t go past the Rotunda … but again it comes back to being part of that cult that was created by Donald Trump.”
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