Trump says he wants the Secret Service's records 'far more' than the January 6 panel to disprove claims that he attacked an agent

• Donald Trump says that he also wants the Secret Service's records relating to the Capitol riot.
• In a Truth Social post, he said he wants them revealed "far more" than the January 6 panel.

Former President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he, too, would like the Secret Service's records on the Capitol riot to be publicly disclosed.

In a post on Truth Social, Trump said he wanted these records to come to light "far more" than the January 6 panel investigating the Capitol riot.

Trump said these "Secret Service tapes" would debunk the "ridiculous and libelous story of me supposedly choking a big and strong Secret Service Agent around the neck" on the day of the riot.

"Likewise, there was no throwing of food, and I did not want to be surrounded by strangers 'with guns' during my 'Peacefully & Patriotically' speech," Trump wrote.

According to a bombshell testimony given by Cassidy Hutchinson, a top aide in the Trump White House, the former president had lunged at Robert Engel, the head of his security detail, after being told that he could not join his supporters at the Capitol on January 6, 2021.

Hutchinson also testified that Trump had once thrown his lunch at a wall in a fit of anger, saying she saw "ketchup dripping down the wall" and a "shattered porcelain plate on the floor."

Trump has disputed Hutchinson's account, saying that flinging his lunch about was not his "thing." He also said that it would have been difficult for him to attack a Secret Service agent given their physical strength.

The Secret Service has been facing renewed scrutiny for purging text messages from January 5 and 6, 2021. The agency claims the deletion was part of a routine device replacement program.

The January 6 panel subpoenaed the Secret Service for the messages last week but received only one message from the agency on Tuesday.