The series of public hearings of the select committee of the House resumed on Monday as the panel continued to present the findings of its 11-month investigation into the events surrounding the attack on the U.S. Capitol on May 6. January 2021. Monday’s hearing focused on former President Donald Trump’s effort to spread lies about the 2020 presidential election.
The witness revealed that a “drunk” Rudy Giuliani told Trump to declare victory on election night, even though his aides repeatedly told the president he did not have the numbers to win. The House committee also noted how the Trump campaign raised funds for baseless allegations of election fraud, but spent very little money on legal action.
The hearing was the second in a series of tables that the select committee plans to hold this month. During the opening hearing on June 9, President Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., And Vice President Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., Explained how the committee plans to use the hearings to reveal what has learned about the January 6 attack. , which Thompson described as the “culmination of a coup attempt.”
Then-President Donald Trump at a White House election night event in 2020. (Jabin Botsford / The Washington Post via Getty Images)