Chapter 1.4 - President Trump’s Launch of the Big Lie (The January 6th Report)

01/11/23 • 3 min

This episode is a reading of Chapter 1.4 - President Trump’s Launch of the Big Lie.

The Select Committee provides the origin of President Trump's claim of election fraud as he often referred to “dumps” of votes that were injected into the counting process and that his supporters latched onto these false claims.

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This episode is a reading of Chapter 1.4 - President Trump’s Launch of the Big Lie.

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Chapter 1.3 - Trump’s Pre-Election Efforts to Delegitimize the Election Process (The January 6th Report)

This episode is a reading of Chapter 1.3 - Trump’s Pre-Election Efforts to Delegitimize the Election Process.

The Select Committee explains that it found dozens of instances in which President Trump claimed that mail-in voting would produce a "rigged" election. This short section is a precursor to President Trump’s launch of the Big Lie, explained in the following section, and provides context for future efforts to delegitimize the election.

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Chapter 1.5 - Post-Election: President Trump Replaces His Campaign Team (The January 6th Report)

This episode is a reading of Chapter 1.5 - Post-Election: President Trump Replaces His Campaign Team.

This is the Select Committee's summary about the release of his campaign team that referred to itself as "team normal." In their place, Trump promoted Rudy Giuliani and several investigators and lawyers to assist him. As discussed later in the report, these players became key figures in President Trump’s efforts to overturn the election.

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