Previously recorded testimony from the ex-campaign manager and others close to the president showed Trump latched on to repeated false claims about the election although those closest told him the theories of stolen ballots or rigged voting machines were not true.
Stepien was to be a key witness Monday, but abruptly backed out of appearing live because his wife went into labor. The ex-campaign manager is still close to Trump, and had been subpoenaed for to appear.
And Barr, who had previously testified in last week's blockbuster hearing that he told Trump the allegations being raised were bull——, revealed in gripping detail how was “as mad as I'd ever seen him” when the attorney general explained that the Justice Department would not take sides in the election.
The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot shared video testimony Monday revealing a chaotic and tense relationship in the weeks following the 2020 election between then-President Donald Trump and those in his inner circle who opposed his election fraud claims.that he was asked by Barr to look into a conspiracy theory about a video involving a"suitcase full of ballots" in Atlanta, Georgia.
Nine people died in the riot and its aftermath, including a Trump supporter shot and killed by police. More than 800 people have been arrested in the siege, and members of two extremist groups have been indicted on rare sedition charges over their roles leading the charge into the Capitol.
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