Photo via NBC News

Biden says Trump’s Jan. 6 actions ‘should follow him to his grave’

Read the original at NBC News ↗
Cite

Brand, M. (2026, November 9). Biden says Trump’s Jan. 6 actions ‘should follow him to his grave’. NBC News. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/joe-biden/memoir-trump-jan-6-2021-riot-follow-him-to-grave-2024-election-rcna608275

Dated from the outlet's own feed. Check the original for its byline.

NBC News · collected 2026-11-09 · by Megan Brand

Quick Summary

Joe Biden, in an excerpt from his upcoming memoir "Promise Me, America," published by The Atlantic, harshly criticizes Donald Trump for his role in the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol, saying that Trump’s actions “should follow him to his grave.” Biden also expresses disappointment with Trump's pardons of Jan. 6 defendants and describes their meeting after the 2024 election as odd and uncomfortable. The memoir is scheduled for release on November 17.
Written by AI on 2026-11-09, from this article's own text only (the story summary below draws on all the coverage).

AI analysis

Story summary

In his newly released White House memoir "Promise Me, America," former President Joe Biden asserts that Donald Trump, who both preceded and followed Biden as president, has severely damaged the country. Biden writes that Trump’s falsehoods about losing the 2020 election and his role in inciting the January 6th insurrection at the Capitol should "follow him to his grave." The memoir, published on November 9 by The Atlantic, includes a harsh critique of Trump's supporters during the certification of Biden's electoral victory, describing them as armed rioters rather than peaceful protesters. Despite health challenges due to cancer treatment, Biden plans to limit promotional activities for the book, which is scheduled for full release on November 17.

Written for “Biden on Trump and Jan 6 Riots” on 2026-11-09, grounded in this article and the 2 other(s) covering the same event.
Why this leaning score
The model judged this article politically coded and scored it -0.35, but 1 quote(s) could not be found in the article and the other 2 are attributed speech rather than the article's own narration, so the score is not published.
Written under an earlier scoring contract, which gave a paragraph rather than checkable quotes. Re-analysing this article replaces it.
Leaning score withheld for article 138591: no verified evidence · logged 2026-11-09

Story

Biden on Trump and Jan 6 Riots
Politics · 3 article(s) covering the same event. See how they differ ↓

Compared with similar articles

This article reads unscored and hedges 0% of its claims. Each row says how that neighbour differs.
Global News
Hedges 4 of 45 claims Outlet record 63/100
How this article was measured signals, leaning charts, publisher record, byline, topics and claims

Signals How these are calculated →

Claims extracted
23
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
0%
0 of 23 hedged ("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
withheld
no quote in the article backed the model's score
Publisher signals
72/100
NBC News's corrections and hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
3
Politics
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
Analyzed 2026-11-09 · how these are computed

How this is being covered How these are calculated →

Article leaning vs. publisher reliability
Source leaning vs. consistency

Publisher

NBC News · 2301 article(s) · 3 correction(s) detected
Running correction rate · 3 correction(s)

Who wrote this

Megan Brand
17 article(s) here · 1 carrying a prediction
The memoir, “Promise Me, America,” is set to be published on Nov. 17.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., said he is a “hard yes” on supporting impeachment efforts against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, which are expected to be brought to a vote this week.
In a separate video, she said that had she known in 2001 what the country later learned about Purdue Pharma, “I would never, ever have done this work.”
Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., endorsed Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers on Sunday, a major shakeup in the final stages of a top battleground race that could determine which party controls the Senate.
The Department of Public Safety would seek to determine “whether this scheme violated Alaska’s laws and whether criminal charges or civil action are warranted,” Dunleavy said in an overnight post to X. “The evidence will determine what happens next.”
The Department of Public Safety would seek to determine “whether this scheme violated Alaska’s laws and whether criminal charges or civil action are warranted,” Dunleavy said in an overnight post to X. “The evidence will determine what happens next.”
Maybe they’re all lying in different ways, but we need to find out.” The disruptions to Starlink, which is run by Elon Musk’s SpaceX, led to rising tensions with the U.S. amid questions about who may have ordered the slowdown of the satellite services.
Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., told NBC News’ “Meet the Press” on Sunday that President Donald Trump’s decision to ease sanctions on Russia to allow it to release diesel fuel to the global market may be breaking the law.
California officials denounced President Donald Trump for saying at a campaign rally in Nebraska on Monday that Iran could “take out” Los Angeles or San Diego, calling his remarks “deranged” and “irresponsible.”
Describing how national issues are affecting local politics, she said, “Some Democrats will not accept an idea if it’s a Republican that’s proposing it, even if it’s fundamentally a Democrat idea that they’re trying to push, and then that’s where the division starts.”
Also by Megan Brand
Nothing else under this byline is closely related to this article, so these are simply their most recent.
All 17 articles by Megan Brand →

Topics

Joint Chiefs of Staff NBC The Atlantic Time the White House

Subjects

Biden PERSON · 12× Trump PERSON · 10× Anthony Fauci PERSON · 1× Donald Trump PERSON · 1× Hunter Biden PERSON · 1× Joe Biden PERSON · 1× NBC ORG · 1× The Atlantic ORG · 1× Time ORG · 1× the White House ORG · 1×

Narrative

Biden said that Trump’s tone “bordered on fawning” and said that Trump told him that “if it weren’t for politics, I believe we’d be good friends” — a remark that the former president said left him “too stunned to respond.” “He said my performance on job creation had been ‘extraordinary,’” Biden wrote.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-11-09
The memoir, “Promise Me, America,” is set to be published on Nov. 17.

Claims (23 extracted, 0 hedged)

Former President Joe Biden issued scathing criticism of President Donald Trump in his forthcoming memoir, saying his actions during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol “should follow him to his grave.” asserted
actions → issue → grave
Biden’s comments, published as a book excerpt in The Atlantic on Monday, mark some of his strongest criticism of Trump since the former president left office. asserted
president → publish → office
In the excerpt, Biden says Trump “led an insurrection” and slammed his decision to issue sweeping pardons of Jan. 6 defendants. asserted
Trump → say → defendants
“The criminals who attacked law-enforcement officers that day didn’t deserve pardons,” Biden wrote. asserted
Biden → attack → pardons
“They deserved prison terms.” asserted
They → deserve → terms
The former president added that Trump and the president’s supporters “continue to preen and posture like they’re supporters of law enforcement.” asserted
they → add → enforcement
“Here’s my view: You don’t get to turn a blind eye to cops being punched, speared, sprayed, and brutalized and call yourself a friend of law enforcement,” he wrote. asserted
he → ’ → enforcement
“What Trump did on January 6, 2021, should never be forgotten. asserted
did → forget → January
It should follow him to his grave.” asserted
It → follow → grave
NBC News has reached out to the White House for comment on the book excerpt. asserted
News → reach → excerpt
The memoir, “Promise Me, America,” is set to be published on Nov. 17. asserted
memoir → promise → Nov.
In a September interview with Time magazine, Trump acknowledged that he was considering pardoning members of his administration before his term concluded, pointing to Biden’s decision to issue preemptive pardons. asserted
term → acknowledge → pardons
Biden issued those pardons to his son, Hunter Biden, and other members of his family, lawmakers on the congressional Jan. 6 committee, Dr. Anthony Fauci, and former Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Mark Milley. asserted
Biden → issue → Staff
Biden also described his meeting with Trump after the 2024 election, part of a tradition where the outgoing president briefs the incoming president. asserted
president → describe → president
Biden said that Trump’s tone “bordered on fawning” and said that Trump told him that “if it weren’t for politics, I believe we’d be good friends” — a remark that the former president said left him “too stunned to respond.” “He said my performance on job creation had been ‘extraordinary,’” Biden wrote. asserted
Biden → say → creation
He added that he’d been relieved he didn’t have to run against me. asserted
he → add → me
I didn’t really understand why he was buttering me up, so I cut off his compliments to move on to the business at hand.” asserted
I → understand → hand
During the approximately two hour meeting, Biden said that he wanted to give Trump an overview of world issues that he believed would “dominate his presidency.” asserted
he → say → presidency
“He nodded appreciatively,” Biden said of Trump. asserted
Biden → nod → Trump
“But I noticed a curious pattern: He focused on the personalities of the leaders, as if we were sharing gossip about people at a dinner party, not discussing issues of global significance.” asserted
we → notice → significance
Biden announced Sunday that he would not “be able to do as many conversations about my book as I’d hoped,” pointing to his fight against cancer. asserted
I → announce → cancer
“Some days are better than others,” Biden said in the post to X. “It hasn’t stopped me. asserted
It → say → me
But sometimes it slows me down.” asserted
it → slow → me
Give feedback · no sign-in needed

No sign-in needed for now. Your note is sent without a name, so it cannot be answered.

History Support