Carl Bernstein called Trump ‘our own American war criminal’ over COVID-19 deaths and encouraging the Capitol riot

The Watergate reporter Carl Bernstein has accused former President Donald Trump of being “our own American war criminal” over his actions during the coronavirus pandemic and the January 6 Capitol riot.

Speaking with CNN’s Brian Stelter, Bernstein said: “I think we need to calmly step back and maybe look at Trump in a different context: He is America’s, our own American war criminal. Of a kind we’ve never experienced before.”

Stelter interrupted Bernstein, saying: “You just said war criminal. What do you mean war criminal?” Continue reading.