5 Key Takeaways from the Second Jan. 6 Committee Hearing

 By Michael Foust - Posted at Christian Headlines:

June 13, 2022

The U.S. House Select Committee on the Jan. 6 Attack held its second day of hearings Monday, asking questions of in-person witnesses and playing recorded clips from previous witnesses, including President Trump's attorney general, campaign manager and advisors.

Here are five key takeaways:

1. BILL BARR: TRUMP WAS' DETACHED FROM REALITY'

Bill Bar, Trump's attorney general, said he disagreed with Trump's argument that Dominion machines had skewed the election results.

"He went off on a monologue saying that there was now definitive evidence involving fraud through the Dominion machines," Barr said, referencing a Dec. 14 meeting. "... He said, you know, 'This is absolute proof that the Dominion machines were rigged. The report means that I'm going to have a second term.' And then he gave me a copy of the report."

Barr said the report looked "very amateurish" and lacked "supporting information."

Barr said he was "demoralized."

"I thought, boy, if he really believes this stuff, he has lost contact with – he's become detached from reality if he really believed this stuff," Barr said. "... When I went into this and would tell him how crazy some of these allegations were … there was never an indication of interest in what the actual facts are."

"My opinion then and my opinion now is that the election was not stolen by fraud," Barr said.

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See also:

• January 6 House Panel Blames Donald Trump for Attack on the U.S. Capitol (Christian Headlines)
• Trump's election fraud claims were false. Here are his advisers who said so. (Politico)
• 5 Key Takeaway's from the January 6 Committee Hearing, Day 4 (Christian Headlines)
• 5 Key Takeaways from Cassidy Hutchinson's January 6 Testimony (Christian Headlines)