describing how president trump used the lies he told to raise millions of dollars from the american people. these fundraising schemes were also part of the effort to disseminate the false claims of election fraud. without objection i am the senior investigative counsel at the house select committee to investigate the general six attack on the united states capitol. between election day and january six, the trump campaign sent millions up fundraising emails to trump supporters, sometimes as many as 25 a day. the emails claimed, quote, the left wing mob was undermining the election. it urged supporters to step up, to protect the integrity of the election, and encourage them to, quote, fight back. as the select committee has demonstrated, the trump campaign knew that these voter fraud claims were false. yet, they continue to borrow small dollar donors with emails, encouraging them to donate to something called, the official election defense fund. the selectivity discovered
election defense fund. the selectivity discovered that no such fun existed. i don t believe that there is actually a phone call that. the election defense fund was another marketing tactic. tell us about these funds marketing tactic. it was where money could potentially the claims that the election was stolen were so successful that president trump and his allies raised $250 million, nearly 100 million dollars in the first week after the election. on november 9th 2020, president trump created a separate entity called the same american pack. most of the money raised one to this newly-created pack, not to election related litigation. the select committee discovered that the safe american pack made millions of dollars in contributions to pro trump organizations, including $1 million to trump chief of staff, mark meadows foundation, $1