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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Lauren Gambino in Washington

Despite January 6 panel’s efforts to stamp out Trump’s big lie, the myth rages on

Video of former President Donald Trump is played during a Monday hearing by the  House select committee investigating the January 6 Capitol attack.
Video of former president Donald Trump is played during a Monday hearing by the House select committee investigating the January 6 Capitol attack. Photograph: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

The House committee investigating the January 6 insurrection charged on Monday that Donald Trump “lit the fuse” that fueled the most violent assault on the US Capitol in more than two centuries with his groundless claim that the election was stolen.

For those tuned in, the committee meticulously charted the origins and spread of Trump’s “big lie”, tapping a trove of evidence and interviews to show that the former president was told repeatedly that the election had been free and fair and peddled his myths anyway.

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