Biden says Trump’s ‘web of lies’ threatens U.S. democracy

By Reuters Posted on January 6, 2022

First anniversary of the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump, in Washington

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Statuary Hall on the first anniversary of the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 6, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

By Andy Sullivan, Jeff Mason and Richard Cowan

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden on Thursday accused his predecessor Donald Trump of spreading a “web of lies” to undermine U.S. democracy in a speech on the anniversary of the deadly Capitol attack by Trump supporters who tried to undo his 2020 election defeat.