Despite January 6 panel’s efforts to stamp out Trump’s big lie, the myth rages on

Republican party fuels false claim of stolen election as it seeks to surge back into power in November's midterm elections

The House committee investigating the January 6 insurrection charged on Monday that Donald Trump lit the fuse" that fueled the most violent assault on the US Capitol in more than two centuries with his groundless claim that the election was stolen.

For those tuned in, the committee meticulously charted the origins and spread of Trump's big lie", tapping a trove of evidence and interviews to show that the former president was told repeatedly that the election had been free and fair and peddled his myths anyway.