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By June 14, the underlying pattern was getting harder for Trump to shrug off: the people closest to him kept testifying that they told him the election wasn’t stolen, and he kept acting like repetition could beat reality. That is not a legal defense, a political strategy, or a persuasive family story. It is just the same old Trump move, now with the committee’s receipts lined up on the table.
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After the House Jan. 6 committee’s June 13 hearing featured Bill Barr testimony that Trump’s fraud claims lacked evidence, Trump responded the next day with a long statement that recycled the same debunked election theories. The hearing was meant to show that Trump had been warned repeatedly by his own circle that the claims were false; his reply showed he was not backing off.
The House Jan. 6 committee said Tuesday’s planned Wednesday hearing would not go ahead as scheduled, but Thursday’s session stayed on the books. The panel said it needed more time to finish its video presentation.