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The ‘big rip-off’: how Trump exploited his fans with ‘election defense’ fund

The former president used donations to a nonexistent legal defense fund for his hotels and the January 6 Ellipse rally

The Guardian - US

Analysis: Jan. 6 committee’s criminal referral spat was avoidable — and unnecessary

WASHINGTON — Evidence. The word was uttered 41 times Monday during the Jan. 6 select committee’s second much-anticipated June hearing and over and over by its members during a weeklong cable TV blitz.

Tribune News Service

Jan. 6 committee’s criminal referral spat was avoidable — and unnecessary - Roll Call

The House Jan. 6 committee had an unnecessary public spat over whether to make criminal referrals to DOJ. It doesn't have to.

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Barr runs for cover; Rudy's the fall guy

Bill Barr's a survivor — he clearly thinks Trump is toast. Rudy Giuliani, drunk or sober, is going under the bus

Salon

The Jan. 6 committee says the Trump campaign ripped off donors. But was it illegal?

Rep. Zoe Lofgren said Monday the Trump campaign took $250 million in donations but didn't use it for the legal defense funding it claimed to need it for.

WEKU

Trump Jr urged fans to sign his father’s birthday card (only if they send a donation)

The former president’s fundraising efforts after the 2020 election are under scrutiny by the House January 6 committee

The Guardian - US

Trump’s raising of $250m for fund that ‘did not exist’ suggests possible fraud

‘The big lie was also the big rip-off,’ says Democrat Zoe Lofgren after January 6 committee appears to make case for fundraising fraud

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Jan. 6 hearings: What we've learned, and what's next

House investigators are trying to make a methodical case that President Donald Trump’s lies about the 2020 election led directly to the insurrection by his supporters at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021

The Independent UK

Trump supporters ‘aghast’ at report Kimberly Guilfoyle was paid $60k of donors’ money to introduce her boyfriend at Jan 6 rally

Trump was ‘raising money in small amounts from retirees, telling them that this was going to some legal fight that didn’t really happen’

The Independent UK

"MAGA inc is laughing at you"

Kimberly Guilfoyle collected $60,000 for speaking at the "Stop the Steal" rally on Jan. 6

Salon

Jan. 6 committee delays Wednesday hearing, citing need to compile video evidence

WASHINGTON — The House Jan. 6 select committee postponed its Wednesday hearing, which was scheduled to examine the way in which Donald Trump used the waning days of his presidency to install Jeffrey Clark as acting attorney general to perpetuate his voter fraud claims when others in the Justice Department…

Tribune News Service

Jan. 6 panel postpones Wednesday's hearing

"We're trying to give them a little room to do their technical work," Rep. Zoe Lofgren said.

Axios

Jan. 6 committee delays Wednesday hearing, citing need to compile video evidence - Roll Call

The panel probing the Jan. 6 Capitol riot delayed a Wednesday hearing, but plans to hold a key session Thursday.

Roll Call

Who is Jan 6 panel member Zoe Lofgren?

California Democrat has played a role in multiple impeachments

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Los Angeles Times

Column: Drunk Rudy. Loser Trump. How the Jan. 6 hearings' wild comedy weakens the Big Lie

Insurrection is no joke. But it was hard not to laugh during the Jan. 6 committee's public hearings on Monday as the theme of Day 2 came into focus: the truth behind the Big Lie. Witness after witness testified to the outlandish schemes, absurd conspiracy theories and drunken advice President…

Chicago Sun-Times

9 takeaways from the 2nd Jan. 6 committee hearing: Spotlight on Trump’s ‘Big lie, big ripoff’

The key quote on Monday was from former Attorney General Bob Barr on Trump’s election fraud claims: “If he really believes this stuff ... he’s become detached from reality.”

Axios

"The Big Ripoff": Jan. 6 committee zeros in Trump fundraising emails tied to fraud claims

It's the committee's clearest attempt yet to establish potential criminal liability by Trump associates.

The Independent UK

Kimberly Guilfoyle was paid $60k to introduce Trump before Capitol riot, Jan 6 committee member claims

“I’m not saying it’s a crime, but I think it’s a grift”

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Los Angeles Times

Key takeaways from the second hearing on the Jan. 6 insurrection

WASHINGTON — The House Select Committee, tasked with investigating the root causes of the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, held its second televised public hearing Monday morning and detailed how former President Donald Trump knowingly lied about voter fraud claims in the 2020 election.

Crikey

Trump ‘detached from reality’: Barr

Donald Trump’s advisers dismantled his false claims of 20202 election fraud but he became “detached from reality”, the US Capitol riot probe has heard.

Al Jazeera

5 key takeaways from second January 6 US Capitol riot hearing

Second public hearing this month focuses on how Donald Trump’s advisers told him that election fraud claims were false.

ABC News

The latest January 6 hearing delved into Donald Trump and the 'Big Lie'. These were the big moments

In the second hearing into the former US president's efforts to overturn the 2020 election, several Trump insiders described the chaos that unfolded on election night as an "intoxicated" Rudy Guliani concocted a plan to postpone the inevitable.

WEKU

The Jan. 6 panel says the Trump campaign misled donors using election lies

A counsel for the panel said in a video that the Trump campaign misled donors in its fundraising after the 2020 election, perpetuating false claims of voter fraud in order to raise funds.

Los Angeles Times

Trump shed campaign team for others willing to promote election fraud claims, aides testify

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…

AFP

Trump was told fraud claims behind Capitol riot were false: aides

Washington (AFP) - Donald Trump ignored repeated warnings from top aides against claiming the 2020 election was stolen, according to testimony unveiled Monday by the congressional panel probing the 2021 assault on the US Capitol.

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