If you took away nothing else from Monday's Jan. 6 hearing, let it be 13 words uttered by Bill Barr: “There was never an indication of interest in what the actual facts were.” - MaddowBlog
This is a fairly common argument among those looking to offer Trump some kind of support. The former president’s efforts to overturn the election, undermine American democracy, and peddle the lies that fueled insurrectionist violence weren’this fault, the argument goes. Rather, the blame should go to the radicals who pushed the Republican in dangerous directions.
Perhaps Mulvaney missed the point of yesterday’s hearing — because if the testimony told us anything, it’s that there were adults in the room. The then-president simply didn’t like what they had to say, so he ignored and replaced them. NBC NewsOn Election Night 2020, Donald Trump was bombarded by top aides telling him that he had lost and that his claims about voter fraud were “completely nuts,” according to their own testimony played Monday by the House Jan. 6 committee.
Trump was provided with the truth before Election Day 2020, when his team told him he was on track to lose. They provided him with the truth on election night, when his team told him he could not credibly claim victory. They provided him with the truth in the days that followed the election, when his team repeatedly assured the Republican that he had, in fact, lost.