at the independent tom peck and former communications director for the trump campaign brian lanza. welcome to the programme. donald trump knew he had lost the 2020 election. he had been told repeatedly by those closest to him. his campaign manager, legal council for his campaign, his data analysts and his daughter had all had told him so. but the then attorney general bill barr told the committee in a videotaped session that after the election, he didn t seem to be listening . and that gets to a key issue in any criminal investigation that might follow of mr trump s actions, whether he understood the claims of fraud he was making were false. the vice chair of the committee, the republican liz cheney, believes he did know and that the lie he perpetuated lit the fuse on what followed onjanuary 6th. you will hear first hand testimony that the president s campaign advisers urged him to await the counting of votes and not to declare victory on election night. the president unde
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