Assault on Capitol ‘incited by the president,’ says former DHS secretary
KEY POINTS Former Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said that the storming of the Capitol on Jan. 6 was “incited” by President Donald Trump, and criticized him for fueling the ‘Big Lie’ that the Nov. 3 election was stolen from him. An internal Homeland Security report leaked in 2009 warned that right-wing extremism was on the rise and that it could lead to violence. Napolitano said that white nationalists have only become more dangerous since the report. WATCH NOW VIDEO 03:44 Former DHS Sec. Napolitano on the rise of right-wing extremism in the U.S. Former Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano told CNBC’s “The News with Shepard Smith ” that the storming of the Capitol on Jan. 6 was “incited” by President Donald Trump, and criticized him for fueling the “Big Lie” that the Nov. 3 election was stolen from him. “He hasn’t said what would be the most helpful, which is, that he lost the election fair and square and that it is time for the peaceful transiti...