Trump slams Jan. 6 hearings as a ‘hoax’

Fresno CA

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At a rally Friday night in Arizona, former President Donald Trump railed against the panel investigating the Jan. 6 riot — and his vice president, Mike Pence, who is also contemplating a presidential run, made a rival appearance in the Grand Canyon State. Speaking in Prescott Valley in support of Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake and U.S. Senate candidate Blake Masters, Trump attacked the House select committee investigating the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol in 2021. Trump said he had watched Thursday night’s hearing, which focused on what he was doing while the violent mob breached the Capitol as Congress was certifying Joe Biden’s 2020 election win. The former president called it a “hoax.” He also repudiated former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson’s testimony last month, in which she detailed Trump’s apparent plan to go to the Capitol on Jan. 6 and tell his supporters after his “Stop the Steal” rally on the Ellipse that he hadn’t lost the election. (What do you expect the crook to say?)