WASHINGTON — The Jan. 6 House Select Committee presented video depositions testimony Monday that recounted the skepticism of former President Donald Trump’s stolen election claims among his campaign team, with many on his staff unwilling to perpetuate claims of alleged fraud and distancing themselves from his team due to the statements.
“I think I had conversations with probably all of our counsel who were signed up to assist on Election Day as they disengaged with the campaign,” said Matthew Morgan, a former Trump campaign lawyer. “The general consensus was that law firms were not comfortable making the arguments that (Trump’s personal attorney) Rudy Giuliani was making publicly.”
As Trump’s campaign team informed him that allegations of voter fraud were false, “he became frustrated, and he replaced his campaign’s legal team,” said Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., who helped lead the presentation at Monday’s hearing alongside Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., and Vice Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyo.
