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Hugo Lowell in Washington

Capitol attack panel to unveil new evidence against Trump at public hearings

Donald Trump holds a rally to contest the certification of the 2020 presidential election results by the Congress in Washington, on 6 January 2021.
Donald Trump holds a rally to contest the certification of the 2020 presidential election results, in Washington, on 6 January 2021. Photograph: Jim Bourg/Reuters

The House select committee investigating the Capitol attack will unveil new evidence at Watergate-style public hearings this week showing Donald Trump and top aides acted with corrupt intent to stop Joe Biden’s certification, according to sources close to the inquiry.

The panel intends to use the hearings as its principal method of revealing potential crimes by Trump as he sought to overturn the 2020 election results, the sources said, in what could be a treacherous legal and political moment for the former president.

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