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Al Jazeera
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Al Jazeera Staff

Trump focuses on false election fraud claims after subpoena vote

A video of then-President Donald Trump speaking is displayed as the House select committee investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol holds a hearing in Washington, DC [Alex Wong/The Associated Press]

Donald Trump has doubled down on his unfounded claims of election fraud after a congressional panel investigating the January 6, 2021, riot at the US capitol voted to subpoena the former president and possible 2024 candidate.

In a letter to the committee’s chairperson, dated Thursday and posted to Trump’s Truth Social platform Friday, the former US president reiterated his wholesale rejection of the investigation, which was launched months after his supporters stormed the US Capitol in the hopes of overturning President Joe Biden’s election victory.

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