Fifteen months after they tried and failed to overturn the 2020 election, the same group of lawyers and associates is continuing efforts to decertify the vote, feeding a false narrative.
Tag: Storming of the US Capitol (Jan, 2021)
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Mike Lee’s Texts Show Encouragement, Then Alarm, Before Jan. 6
Senator Mike Lee and Representative Chip Roy, once backers of President Donald J. Trump’s claims of a stolen election, eventually urged his top aide to change course.
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Jan. 6 Panel Presses Stephen Miller on Whether Trump Sought to Incite Crowd
In about eight hours of questioning, investigators pressed the former White House aide on former President Donald J. Trump’s use of “we” in his speech to supporters before the riot.
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Ohio Man Who Blamed Trump for Storming the Capitol Is Found Guilty
Dustin Thompson was the first defendant tried for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack to use a Trump-made-me-do-it defense in front of a jury. He was convicted on all six charges against him.
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Jan. 6 Suspect Blames Trump for Spurring Him to Capitol Riot
Dustin Thompson, an unemployed exterminator from Ohio, was the first defendant tried in the Capitol attack to offer a Trump-made-me-do-it defense before a jury.