WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday refused to accept any blame over his role in inciting a violent attack on the Capitol last week as a second impeachment looms, likely to be supported not only by the Democrats but some of his fellow Republicans.
 
Pro-Trump supporters storm the U.S. Capitol following a rally with President Donald Trump on Jan. 6, 2021 in Washington, D.C. Trump supporters gather in the nation's capital to protest the ratification of President-elect Joe Biden's Electoral College victory over President Trump in the 2020 election. (Getty/Kyodo)

"People thought that what I said was totally appropriate," Trump said in his first remarks to reporters since the deadly riot, referring to his speech during a rally that took place shortly before a pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol in protest of the president's November election loss.