Trump loyalists push desperate counter narrative to combat damaging January 6 testimony
by David Smith in Washington from US news | The Guardian on (#60AGV)
The Republican faithful defiantly claim the House committee is illegitimate, politically motivated and out of touch
Deep in denial, Republicans loyal to former US president Donald Trump mounted a desperate rearguard action on Monday to counter the devastating narrative of Congress's latest January 6 hearing.
A House of Representatives panel investigating the insurrection used testimony from Trump's own attorney general and campaign manager to assert that the former president knowingly propagated the big lie" of a stolen election with deadly consequences.
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