Twitter worker says he tried to sound alarm on Trump tweets before Jan 6 attack on US Capitol

A video of a recording from a Twitter interview is displayed as the House select committee investigating the Jan 6 attack on the US Capitol holds a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, on July 12, 2022. — AP

WASHINGTON: A Twitter employee told the House committee investigating the riot at the US Capitol that he spent a sleepless night on Jan 5, 2021, worrying that people might die the next day during a rally that former US President Donald Trump regularly promoted with angry rhetoric on his social media accounts.

The Twitter employee’s worst fears were confirmed when nine people were left dead during and in the aftermath of the ensuing riot that broke out when Trump supporters violently stormed the US Capitol on Jan 6.