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Al Jazeera Staff

5 key takeaways from second January 6 US Capitol riot hearing

Committee vice chair Liz Cheney says next hearings will look at efforts by former President Donald Trump to 'corrupt' the Justice Department and pressure local officials to overturn the election results [Joshua Roberts/Reuters]

Washington, DC – In its second hearing this month, the US House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack continued to focus on Donald Trump, this time seeking to highlight that the former president was aware that his 2020 election fraud allegations were false.

Steve Clemons, host of Al Jazeera’s The Bottom Line programme, said after Monday’s hearing that the panel is building a case that Trump was deliberate in his attempt to overturn the United States presidential election based on false election fraud claims.

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