Donald Trump spurned pleas to end lies, call off mob, says Jan 6 panel

House lawmakers investigating the Jan 6 insurrection drew a portrait of then-President Donald Trump doggedly pursuing an effort to undo the 2020 election, inciting his supporters

House lawmakers investigating the January 6 insurrection drew a portrait of then-President Donald Trump doggedly pursuing an effort to undo the 2020 election, inciting his supporters and then angrily rebuffing pleas to call off the mob storming the Capitol.

The panel opened a televised hearing on Thursday with a prime-time presentation that included video testimony from then-Attorney General William Barr. In a deposition with the committee’s investigators, Barr said he told Trump there was no evidence of fraud sufficient to change the election outcome. Some of the claims Trump pursued publicly were “complete