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Jan. 6 Committee Releases 34 More Witness Transcripts
The House Jan. 6 committee published 34 witness transcripts on Dec. 21, 2022, adding more testimony from people tied to Donald Trump’s post-election effort.
Edition · December 22, 2022
The Daily Fuckup — December 22, 2022
2 verified reports published on December 22, 2022.
This edition is the complete daily record. Reports remain separate so readers can see each claim, source set, correction, and update without one article being mislabeled as the entire edition.
Closing take
The throughline here is simple: the more Trumpworld tried to bury the past, the more paper kept surfacing. December 22 didn’t deliver a single dramatic courtroom loss, but it did deliver another day of receipts, and in this saga, receipts are the punchline and the problem.
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