WASHINGTON — The White House denounced Republican Donald Trump's description of suspects in the Jan&nbsp;6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol as hostages as "incredibly grotesque and offensive," the White House said on Tuesday (Jan 16).

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre's comments to reporters came a day after Trump, who was president from 2017 to 2021, won the Republican caucuses in Iowa in his bid to become president again.

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The US flag flies over the Cannon House Office Building on Capitol Hill, where the US House Select Committee to Investigate the Jan 6 Attack on the United States Capitol held their final public meeting in Washington, US, Dec 19, 2022.

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WASHINGTON — The White House denounced Republican Donald Trump's description of suspects in the Jan 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol as hostages as "incredibly grotesque and offensive," the White House said on Tuesday (Jan 16). White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre's comments to reporters came a day after Trump, who was president from 2017 to 2021, won the...

Trump's labelling of Jan 6 suspects as hostages is offensive: White House