President Trump on Friday compared the vandalization of Tesla dealerships across the U.S. to the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, arguing the level of attacks on Elon Musk’s company wasn’t seen at the Capitol.

The president has called for harsh penalties for Tesla protesters. He had issued sweeping pardons for individuals charged in relation to the deadly Capitol riot.

You didn’t have anything like that Jan. 6,” Trump said, referring to the 2021 riot that left several people dead.

The Justice Department asked to replace President Donald Trump as a defendant in civil lawsuits tied to Jan. 6, 2021, with the U.S. government.

The U.S. Justice Department has moved to shield President Donald Trump from civil lawsuits by police and Democratic lawmakers seeking to hold him responsible for violence during the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.