Top aides repeatedly told Trump fraud claims were baseless, Jan 6 panel hears
by Joan E Greve in Washington from US news | The Guardian on (#609PT)
William Barr said ex-president's allegations were bullshit' while several advisers told him not to declare victory on election night
The House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection on Monday scrutinized the conspiracy theories that led a group of Donald Trump's supporters to attack the US Capitol and produced damning testimony for the former US president.
Over the course of the two-hour hearing, committee members meticulously documented how several of Trump's senior advisers urged him not to declare victory on election night, as votes were still being counted.
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