Jan. 6 committee to detail the origins and reach of Trump’s election lies

For months, the select committee has focused on how former President Donald Trump cultivated a network of high-powered enablers who helped his lie take root in large corners of the Republican Party. | Drew Angerer/Getty Images

When Donald Trump stepped to a podium Nov. 4, 2020, and declared himself the winner of the presidential election, millions of his supporters apparently believed him — but Trump’s own advisers and campaign operatives knew better.

The Jan. 6 select committee, in its second of six scheduled public hearings, plans to highlight Monday the corrosive effect of Trump’s lie — and his weeks pumping it up with the help

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