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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Martin Pengelly

Trump allies ‘screamed’ at aides who resisted seizing voting machines, January 6 panel hears

giuliani on screen above committee, with view of crowd seated in hearing room
A video of Rudy Giuliani is shown during the hearing on Tuesday. Photograph: Doug Mills/AP

In a bizarre, angry and “unhinged” White House meeting on 18 December 2020, outside advisers to Donald Trump screamed insults at presidential aides who were resisting their plan to seize voting machines and name a special counsel in pursuit of Trump’s attempt to overturn the election.

The meeting – which the House January 6 committee in its public hearing on Tuesday described as a “heated and profane clash” – was held between those who believed the president should admit he lost the election to Joe Biden, and a group of outsiders referred to by some Trump advisers as “Team Crazy”.

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