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Barbara Sprunt

The Jan. 6 panel says the Trump campaign misled donors using election lies

Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., delivers remarks on Monday during a hearing by the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

As the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol wrapped up its second day of public hearings, Rep. Zoe Lofgren tied the Trump campaign's false claims about election fraud, and its repeated litigation of the 2020 election, to its fundraising tactics.

"If the litigation had stopped on Dec. 14, there would have been no fight to defend the election and no clear path to continue to raise millions of dollars," the California Democrat said.

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