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2 verified reports published on January 7, 2023.
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The political trick Trump has always depended on is that if he keeps the lie loud enough, the accountability will fade. On January 7, 2023, that was already looking like a bad bet. The evidence trail was getting longer, the excuses were getting thinner, and the bill for the whole thing was still coming due.
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The House Jan. 6 committee posted additional witness transcripts on Dec. 29, 2022 and Jan. 2, 2023, adding more names and testimony to its public record on the effort to overturn the 2020 election.
The Justice Department used the second anniversary of the Capitol attack to underline how serious the case remains, with the attorney general stressing the scale of the assault and the ongoing prosecutions. For Trump, that meant the anniversary was not a reset button but another reminder that the legal danger around January 6 was still very much alive.