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‘The Big Lie was also the big-rip off’: Jan 6 committee hears Trump’s fraud claims
Donald Trump yesterday issued a 12-page statement to counter the evidence presented by the House select committee investigating the assault on the US Capitol on 6 January 2021.
Teasing the possibility of him returning for the 2024 presidential elections, Mr Trump said the probe was “an attempt to stop a man that is leading in every poll, against both Republicans and Democrats by wide margins, from running again for the presidency.”
“The Democrats know that I would correct all of this, and they are doing everything in their power to stop me – but we can’t be stopped,” he continued. “We have to Save America.”
The Committee reconvened for its second hearing on Monday, with a focus on how Mr Trump and his lieutenants spread the so-called “big lie” in the months leading up to the insurrection.
While scheduled to start at 10am ET, the hearing was delayed after Mr Trump’s 2020 campaign manager, Bill Stepien, dropped out of testifying at the last minute citing a family emergency — his wife had gone into labour.
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Key points Donald Trump issues 12-page rebuttal to Jan 6 committee investigation Trump knew he lost election but pushed fraud claims anyway, 6 Jan committee hears ‘The Big Lie was a big rip-off’ Trump raised $250m to fight non-existent voter fraud but gave most to his own PAC Ex-Trump AG Bill Barr shown laughing at Dinesh D’Souza documentary purporting to prove voter fraud
Show latest update 1655188200 Truth Social users claim they’ve been banned from Trump platform for posting about Jan 6 hearings
Users of Truth Social — former President Donald Trump‘s ostensibly free speech-oriented social media platform — are claiming that they’ve been banned for posting about the Capitol riot committee hearings.
One of those users, political commentator Travis Allen, posted a screenshot of his Truth Social page to Twitter, showing that he had been “permanently suspended” after discussing the January 6 committee on the platform.
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Truth Social users claim they’ve been banned for posting about Jan 6 hearings ‘So much for free speech!’ one user wrote after a ban
Oliver O'Connell 14 June 2022 07:30
1655184600 Bernie Sanders challenges GOP to end ‘demagoguery’
While a second hearing from a House committee investigating the events leading up to and surrounding the Capitol riots was underway, the Fox Corporation aired a live debate on its Fox Nation platform between Senators Lindsey Graham and Bernie Sanders, who sparred over healthcare, the economy, gun reform and Donald Trump’s legacy.
The debate – which aired after the right-wing media network faced widespread criticism for rejecting live coverage of the committee’s first bombshell hearing – largely covered well-worn territory for both men, with Vermont’s Independent senator warning against growing wealth inequality and the North Carolina Republican arguing that progressive tax policies would have disastrous economic fallout.
Bernie Sanders challenges GOP to end ‘demagoguery’ in debate with Lindsey Graham Hourlong debate spans inflation, gas prices, Donald Trump’s legacy and gun reform
Oliver O'Connell 14 June 2022 06:30
1655183569 Trump teases 2024 run as he lashes out at ‘pitiful’ January 6 committee
Donald Trump lashed out at the “pitiful” 6 January Capitol riot investigation on Monday, after the congressional committee held a day of scathing testimony accusing the former president of lying to supporters and losing touch with reality as he tried to overturn the 2020 election.
In the statement, Mr Trump ambiguously teased about returning for the 2024 presidential run.
“This is merely an attempt to stop a man that is leading in every poll, against both Republicans and Democrats by wide margins, from running again for the Presidency,” Mr Trump wrote, before blaming Democrats for inflation and high gas prices.
“The Democrats know that I would correct all of this, and they are doing everything in their power to stop me – but we can’t be stopped,” he continued. “We have to Save America.”
Read the details in this report by Josh Marcus:
Donald Trump slams ‘pitiful’ January 6 probe and teases 2024 run in lengthy statement Former president’s response comes after a day of bruising hearings
Namita Singh 14 June 2022 06:12
1655181000 Voices: Jared and Ivanka are turning on Trump — and now you see the true face of the Republican Party
Noah Berlatsky writes:
One big bonus of nepotism is ensuring that you’re surrounded with unthinking, uncritical loyalists. So Donald Trump must be especially miffed that his own family has been nervously but definitively sliding the knife between his shoulder blades during the ongoing January 6 Congressional hearings.
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Jared and Ivanka are turning on Trump — here’s the true face of the Republican Party When the committee asked Kushner whether he believed in the wide array of conspiracy theories about election fraud pushed by Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani, Kushner said he had told Trump that that was ‘not the approach I would take if I were you’
Oliver O'Connell 14 June 2022 05:30
1655180692 Donald Trump issues 12-page rebuttal to Jan 6 committee investigation
Former president Donald Trump on Monday issued a 12-page statement accusing the Democrats of using the hearing to distract the country from domestic issues including inflation and gas prices.
“Our nation is SUFFERING. Our economy is in the gutter. Inflation is rampant. Gas prices have reached an all-time high. Ships are unable to unload cargo. Families cannot get needed baby formula. We are an embarrassment around the world.”
He also reiterated his previously disproven claim of electoral fraud as he called it a “sham investigation” by the “Unselect Committee”.
A video of former President Donald Trump speaking is shown on a screen as the House select committee tasked with investigating the January 6 attack on the Capitol
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Issuing a rebuttal on the second day of House panel investigation, he said the committee is “making a mockery of justice” as they “have refused to allow their political opponents to participate in this process and have excluded all exculpatory witnesses, and anyone who so easily points out the flaws in their story.”
Namita Singh 14 June 2022 05:24
1655178314 Jan 6 probe hears Trump raised $250m to fight non-existent voter fraud but gave most of it to his own PAC
Donald Trump’s presidential campaign raised $250 million from supporters by telling them the money would be used to fight voter fraud, but the campaign knew those claims of fraud were bogus and instead diverted the money to his own political organisation, the House committee investigating the January 6 attacked claimed on Monday.
Mr Trump’s campaign sent millions of fundraising emails to supporters encouraging them to donate to help fight voter fraud between election day and January 6, the committee said.
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Trump raised $250m to fight non-existent voter fraud but gave most to his own PAC Committee says Trump campaign knew claims of election fraud were false but used them to raise money anyway
Oliver O'Connell 14 June 2022 04:45
1655175614 David Axelrod says Biden’s age will be ‘major issue’ if he seeks re-election
David Axelrod, who once served as an adviser to former President Barack Obama, said Joe Biden‘s age will be a “major issue” for him if he seeks a second term in 2024.
“The presidency is a monstrously taxing job and the stark reality is the president would be closer to 90 than 80 at the end of a second term, and that would be a major issue,”Mr Axelrod told the New York Times.
Mr Axelrod was one of 50 Democrat officials interviewed by the Times over their “frustrations” about Mr Biden.
David Axelrod says Biden’s age will be ‘major issue’ if he seeks re-election President will be 82 years old in 2024
Oliver O'Connell 14 June 2022 04:00
1655172914 Bill Barr shown laughing at Dinesh D’Souza documentary purporting to prove voter fraud
Former Attorney General William Barr laughed out loud during testimony played before the 6 January insurrection hearings on Monday at the mentioned of 2000 Mules, a debunked election conspiracy documentary embraced by his former boss Donald Trump.
“My opinion then and my opinion now is that the election was not stolen by fraud,” Mr Barr said. “And I haven’t seen anything since the election that changes my mind on that, including the 2000 Mules movie.”
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Ex-Trump AG Bill Barr laughs at Dinesh D’Souza film claiming to show voter fraud Former AG has consistently upheld legimitacy of 2020 election
Oliver O'Connell 14 June 2022 03:15
1655170214 Giuliani lashes out at Liz Cheney over Jan 6 hearing claims that he was drunk on election night
Rudy Giuliani lashed out at Liz Cheney after she said during the January 6 hearing that he was drunk on election night in 2020 as he pushed for Donald Trump to declare victory and demand that the counting of votes be stopped.
The former New York Mayor and Mr Trump’s personal lawyer blasted the committee as Ms Cheney was delivering her opening statement during Monday’s hearing.
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Rudy Giuliani lashes out at Liz Cheney over Jan 6 hearing election night claims Cheney says Trump ‘rejected the advice of his campaign experts on election night and instead followed the course recommended by an apparently inebriated Rudy Giuliani’
Oliver O'Connell 14 June 2022 02:30
1655167514 Trump knew he lost election but pushed fraud claims anyway, 6 Jan committee hears
Former president Donald Trump’s decision to lie about the nature of the 2020 election came after his top advisers told him there was no basis to claim he had won, witnesses told the House 6 January select committee.
The panel’s second hearing focused on what a committee aide described as “Trump’s Big Lie” – the collection of outrageous theories and accusations Mr Trump and his allies floated to justify his election night claim of victory.
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Trump knew he lost election but he pushed ‘nuts’ fraud claims anyway The revelations come on the second day of testimony from the 6 January committee investigating the attack on the Capitol
Oliver O'Connell 14 June 2022 01:45
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