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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
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Lynn Sweet

9 takeaways from the 2nd Jan. 6 committee hearing: Spotlight on Trump’s ‘Big lie, big ripoff’

Video from an interview with Ivanka Trump, former President Donald Trump’s daughter and advisor, is played during a hearing by the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol in the Cannon House Office Building on June 13, 2022 (Chip Somodevilla/Getty)

WASHINGTON — With testimony from former President Donald Trump’s own inner circle, the Jan. 6 committee on Monday built the case that Trump was told multiple times by close advisors that his claim the election was stolen from him was bogus — even as it persists to this day and has been used to raise $250 million for a fake “Official Election Defense Fund.”

Top takeaways from the committee’s second hearing:

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