{"id":10832,"date":"2022-06-13T15:34:44","date_gmt":"2022-06-13T15:34:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/watch-rep-zoe-lofgren-offers-opening-statement-for-day-2-jan-6-hearings\/"},"modified":"2022-06-13T15:34:44","modified_gmt":"2022-06-13T15:34:44","slug":"watch-rep-zoe-lofgren-offers-opening-statement-for-day-2-jan-6-hearings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/?p=10832","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Rep. Zoe Lofgren offers opening statement for Day 2 | Jan. 6 hearings"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/D0mm4zlSdTk\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., made an opening statement on June 13 as the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack presented its findings to the public.<br \/>\nLofgren said that Monday\u2019s hearing would present evidence that both former President Donald Trump and his closest advisors knew his false claims that the 2020 presidential election was \u201cstolen\u201d from him were not true.<br \/>\n\u201cFormer President Trump&#8217;s plan to overturn the election relied on a sustained effort to deceive millions of Americans with knowingly false claims of election fraud,\u201d Lofgren said. \u201cAll elements of the plot relied on convincing his supporters about these false claims.\u201d<br \/>\nThe attack on the United States Capitol on Jan. 6 was a \u201cdirect and predictable\u201d result of Trump\u2019s choice to spread lies about the outcome of the election in an attempt to \u201ccling onto power,\u201d she said.<br \/>\nLofgren noted that the Trump campaign was able to use \u201cthese false claims of election fraud to raise hundreds of millions of dollars from supporters who were told their donations were for the legal fight in the courts.\u201d She added that \u201cthe big lie was also a big ripoff.\u201d<br \/>\nThe hearing was the second of several planned by the Jan. 6 committee that focused on how Trump actively spread false information about the 2020 election outcome \u2013 what has become known as the \u201cbig lie\u201d \u2013 in the run up to the Jan. 6 insurrection. In the year since its creation, the committee has conducted more than 1,000 interviews, seeking critical information and documents from people witness to, or involved in, the violence that day.<\/p>\n<p>Stream your PBS favorites with the PBS app: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/to.pbs.org\/2Jb8twG\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/to.pbs.org\/2Jb8twG<\/a><br \/>\nFind more from PBS NewsHour at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour<\/a><br \/>\nSubscribe to our YouTube channel: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2HfsCD6\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/2HfsCD6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow us:<br \/>\nFacebook: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour<\/a><br \/>\nTwitter: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/newshour\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/newshour<\/a><br \/>\nInstagram: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/newshour\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/newshour<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., made an opening statement on June 13 as the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack presented its findings to the public. 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