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Opinion results show that the gap in approval ratings between former President Trump and Biden, who are aiming for the next presidential election, is widening.
In the midst of this, testimonies emerged that former President Trump incited the riots at the Capitol last year.
Reporter Yoo Soo-hwan reports.
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results of the 2024 US presidential election virtual showdown.
Former President Donald Trump, who is seeking a comeback, won 44% and Joe Biden 39%.
This is a public opinion poll conducted by Emerson University of the United States last month on about 1,000 of its citizens.
President Biden's approval rating, which is already unpopular, is bottoming out every day, and it is interpreted as a result of reflecting the mood of former President Trump publicly speaking of running for president again.
In the midst of this, bomb testimonies came out that ex-President Trump helped in the invasion of the U.S. Capitol in January of last year.
Kathady Hutchinson, a White House employee at the time, testified at the hearing.
[Kathady Hutchinson/Former White House Chief of Staff Senior Adviser: (Former New York Mayor Giuliani) 'We're going to the Capitol.
The president will be there, and he'll look powerful.']
Hutchinson said he was furious with the bodyguards blocking the ex-President Trump from going to the Capitol, and even tried to take the steering wheel of the president's car.
It also exposed the harsh words of Trump, who was angry at the prospect of losing the presidential election.
[Kathady Hutchinson/Former White House Chief of Staff Senior Adviser: There was ketchup on the wall, and pieces of broken plates on the floor.
(Angry Trump) threw his lunch at the wall...
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A year and a half later, Hutchinson's bombshell testimony made it known that the US Department of Justice is reconsidering the possibility of prosecuting the former president.