WATCH: Barr, Ivanka Trump tell Jan. 6 committee there’s no evidence of 2020 voter fraud
The first public hearing of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack included video of testimony from former Attorney General Bill Barr and a former Trump campaign lawyer, both of whom detailed conversations with former President Donald Trump in…
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WATCH: Jan. 6 Committee Chair Thompson calls Capitol attack ‘culmination of an attempted coup’
Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., called former President Donald Trump the “center of [the] conspiracy” that the 2020 election was not valid, saying the violence on Jan. 6 was “the culmination of an attempted coup” as he opened a series of…
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WATCH: Jan. 6 violence was ‘no accident,’ but part of ‘Trump’s last stand,’ Rep. Thompson says
Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., called former President Donald Trump the “center of [the] conspiracy” that the 2020 election was not valid, as he opened a series of hearings from the House committee investigating the attack. The violence on Jan. 6…
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WATCH: Barr says he told Trump there was no evidence of election fraud | Jan. 6 hearings
Former Attorney General Bill Barr said in an interview with members of the House Jan. 6 committee that he told former President Donald Trump that there was no evidence of fraud in the 2020 election, according to video played during…
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Congressional committee lays out findings from investigation into Capitol insurrection
The congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol is unveiling the first details of its findings in a prime-time televised hearing. It is the culmination of nearly a year of investigation into the events on and…
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Republican plans to use political operatives as poll workers alarm voting rights activists
The lie that former President Trump won the 2020 election has played out again and again in Republican primaries for statewide office. Now, reporting by POLITICO details GOP efforts on the local level to challenge and potentially overturn elections. Rick…
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Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on what’s at stake in Georgia’s primary election
NPR’s Tamara Keith and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter join William Brangham to discuss the latest political news, including how Georgia’s primary election has revealed a high-profile disagreement between former President Donald Trump and former…
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How powerful conservatives pushed the ‘Big Lie’ that the 2020 election was fraudulent
The unfounded belief that the 2020 election was rigged has become an important force in American politics, especially in this year’s Republican primaries. John Yang has more on what the non-profit news organization ProPublica and PBS’s Frontline found about how…
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