In mid-December 2020, after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a Texas lawsuit challenging the presidential election results in Pennsylvania and three other battleground states, a livid Donald Trump turned to chief of staff Mark Meadows and — in a rare moment of truth — admitted he had lost the election.
"This is embarrassing. Figure it out. We need to figure it out. I don't want people to know that we lost," Trump said, according to Meadows' assistant, Cassidy Hutchinson, who was standing close by.
That's one of the many illuminating details in the House select committee's report that examined the events surrounding the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection.
