terry anderson is free. he was the last of the american hostages held by pro-iranian terrorists in beirut, lebanon. in the beginning of the 90s terrorism was thought to be done. people likely to use terrorism to achieve political objectives were dead, in jail or part of the peace process. a syrian delegation is in washington today, ready to meet with israel to talk about middle east peace. we thought the 90s would be a time of peace. not only was the cold war over, we had won. we have before us the opportunity to forge a new world order, a world where the rule of law governs the conduct of nations. the world was changing, and it was an exciting time for those who really viewed america as the nation that would embrace globalization. but there were many people who didn t like that changing america. in maples, idaho about 40 miles from the canadian border federal marshals are surrounding a cabin, where a fugitive white supremacist named randy weaver is holed
supporters in the white house. they were telling him, using many different kinds of words, that what he was saying was a lie. he lied in an effort to stop the counting of ballots on election night and to later cast doubt on their validity. and allegedly he lied in pursuit of a quarter billion dollars in campaign donations to a fund he lied about the very existence of, an election defense fund that did not exist. those are the elements of the case the january 6th committee is building against donald trump, and today in the second installment of televised hearings, it was testimony from some of the former president s most senior advisers at the time who actually made that case, including his campaign manager, bill stepien, and the sitting attorney general of the united states at the time, bill barr. as you ll hear and this is from the other or this is the other takeaway from today s proceedings, much of what they had to say to the former president at the time and more recen
and he wanted it to be true that his hand-picked attorney general would come out publicly and say that there was widespread voter fraud that would ultimately overturn the election results. and he wanted it to be true that rudy giuliani s wild suggestion that he proclaimed victory before all the votes were even counted would not be challenged by his campaign manager or any of his advisers. a group we learned today was on something called team normal. and he wanted it to be true that someone stole a second term from him, not that he just lost the election. now, these are things that he wanted to be true. but, as i said, there s a difference between believing something and wanting it to be true. now, the committee today set out to try to show the american electorate that trump couldn t possibly have actually believed any of the things he wanted to be true, not when adviser after campaign manager after campaign lawyer after deputy attorney general after attorney general after s
good evening, any fair minded person who has followed the lafayette and presidency of donald j. trump knows he lies and lies a lot. what we learned today from the sworn testimony of those who worked closely with then president trump is they knew he lied just as much as we thought he did. the former president of the united states lied about nonexistent election fraud before, during and after the 2020 election. he lied despite being told again and again and again that it was not existent, that there was no widespread election fraud by the people around him, his supporters in the white house. they were telling him using many different kinds of words that what he was saying was a lie. he lied in an effort to stop the counting of ballots on election night and to later cast doubt on their validity. and allegedly he lied in pursuit of a quarter billion dollars in campaign donations to a fund he lied about the very existence of, an election defense fund that did not exist. as you ll
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