what she says about the jury after they sided with ex-husband johnny depp. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening the words of some of donald trump s closest legal and campaign advisers formed what the january 6th committee believes is a powerful narrative about the ex-president s false claims of a fraudulent and stolen election. day two of the hearings kept the focus on mr. trump witness after witness describing a president who ignored clear evidence of his election defeat, adopting baseless conspiracy that aides told him were completely nuts. his former attorney general bill barr saying president trump had become detached from reality another aide saying mr. trump took advice from an inebriated rudy giuliani to declare victory in spite of the results the committee focused today on establishing what it describes as the big lie, that it says mr. trump used to create a movement that ended in the riot of january 6th. garrett haake is covering th
ended in the riot of january 6th. garrett haake is covering the hearings. reporter: the january 6th committee s second hearing today hammering home a single message. donald trump lost the 2020 election, and he knew it. as a result of his loss decided to wage an attack on our democracy. and in doing so lit the fuse that led to the horrific violence of january 6th reporter: the committee relying on the taped testimony of top trump campaign staff who urged caution as election night returns showed joe biden winning. there were suggestions by, i believe it was mayor giuliani, to go and declare victory and say we had won it outright reporter: miller claiming giuliani was intoxicated. his attorney telling nbc news giuliani wasn t drinking at all. trump campaign manager bill stepien backing out of a planned live appearance this morning at the last minute after his wife went into labor. instead the committee played this videotape
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