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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.
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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.
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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.
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