'He peddled bogus claims of election fraud, swindled his supporters out of millions of dollars, and encouraged them to break the law in an effort to block the peaceful transition of power.'
"It's clear we cannot allow Trump or his allies to evade accountability for the dangerous lies and actions that continue to put our democracy in peril," said one observer.Donald Trump's incessant and frequently outlandish lies about the 2020 election were in the spotlight Monday as a special House committee laid out its case that the former president's falsehoods about widespread voter fraud were pivotal in catalyzing the violent attack on the U.S.
"Today's hearing showed clearly that Trump lied. And he knew he lied," Lisa Gilbert, executive vice president of Public Citizen, said in a statement following the hearing."He and his allies methodically and knowingly spread untruths about the election, with the goal of overturning it. The words of Trump's former campaign manager, as well as testimony from other prominent GOP representatives today, cannot be denied.
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