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Sarah Burris

Trump order suggests he knew he lost

A video is shown of former US President Donald Trump at the US House Select Committee hearing to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the US Capitol, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on October 13, 2022. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., said Thursday during a hearing held by the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack that former President Donald Trump knew full well that he lost the 2020 election. Meanwhile, he was acting on that loss, and trying to quickly withdraw troops from around the globe even though the Department of Defense urged him not to.

Kinzinger showed videos of several defense officials who testified that it was young staffer Johnny McEntee, who did nothing more than run the staffing office of the White House, and penned the directive ordering all troops out of Afghanistan and Somalia.

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