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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Oliver O'Connell,Namita Singh and Alisha Rahaman Sarkar

Trump news – live: FBI informant warned of Jan 6 violence weeks before Capitol riot, report says

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January 6 panel chair says Trump ‘broke the faith’ of US elections in final session

Donald Trump has demanded he be reinstated as president and doubled down on lies about the 2020 election results, ahead of the release of the Jan 6 committee report today.

The former president started with a quote from conservative commentator Jesse Watters: “The FBI and Twitter COLLUDED to elect Joe Biden.”

“It all began a long time ago, they SPIED on my campaign, and tried to “RIGG” the 2016 Election, but failed. Remember, our government is doing,” he wrote in a long post on his Truth social account, after the release of the Twitter files by reporters working in conjunction with Elon Musk.

“What should be done about such a terrible thing, or should we let someone who was elected by cheating and fraud stay in office and continue to destroy our Country?” he added.

It has also emerged that the Internal Revenue Service reportedly failed to audit Mr Trump during his first two years in the White House despite having a programme that makes the auditing of sitting presidents mandatory.

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