In video recorded from William Barr's testimony, the former attorney general said that he knew early claims that Trump had won the election were 'bogus' and 'silly.'
on those closest to former President Donald Trump who said they told him it was too premature to declare victory on election night in 2020 — and how Trump used his premature declaration of victory to push baseless claims that the election was stolen.
Committee chair U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson said in his opening statement that they would"tell the story of how Donald Trump lost an election, and knew he lost an election and as a result of his loss decided to wage an attack on our democracy, an attack on the American people, by trying to rob you of your voice in our democracy — and in doing so, lit the fuse that led to the horrific violence of Jan. 6, when a mob of his supporters stormed the Capitol.
Thompson asked Stirewalt if Trump had any basis to declare victory on Nov. 4, 2020, and Stirewalt responded"no." Some of Trump's top advisers testified that the former president was angry when that call was made. Committee member Rep. Zoe Lofgren also said that Trump continued to fundraise on false election claims well past Dec. 14, the date when litigation over the election generally ends. Lofgren then introduced a video presentation describing how Trump used his lies about the integrity of the election to raise"millions" from the American people and spread his false claims.
Pak, who resigned on Jan. 4, 2021, said he had been asked to look into several of the baseless claims of the stolen election. One of the claims he was asked to investigate originated with former Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani, who alleged a suitcase of ballots had been illegally added to count. Pak said that was false.
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