It was far too early to be making any proclamations like that,” Stepien told the committee. He said that Trump’s personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, was pushing Trump to announce that he had won anyway. During its June 9 hearing, the committee touched on whether Trump knew he had lost the lost the election. That hearing featured clips of Barr and other high-ranking Trump campaign officials telling the committee of how and when they had informed Trump he had lost. He recalled a Nov. 23 conversation with Trump in the Oval Office in which Trump asked why the Justice Department wasn’t doing more.

Source: Los Angeles Times June 13, 2022 21:09 UTC