Key takeaways from the second hearing on the Jan. 6 insurrection

The House Select Committee, tasked with investigating the root causes of the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, on Monday morning held its second televised public hearing and detailed how former President Trump knowingly lied about voter fraud claims in the 2020 election. Former Trump campaign manager Bill Stepien, who was slated to be an in-person witness Monday but was unable to appear after his wife went into labor, said during a video deposition earlier this year that he became dissatisfied with the campaign’s new direction and said he “didn’t think what was happening was necessarily honest or professional at the time.” Stepien said he and his team effectively became “Team Normal” as Giuliani and Trump attorney Sidney Powell amplified the voter fraud lies. Trump raised $250 million off the ‘Stop the Steal’ campaign The House Select Committee detailed an effort in which the Trump campaign used false voter fraud claims to raise hundreds of millions from small donors and redirected the money to organizations close to the former president. In a previously recorded video, Amanda Wick, senior investigative counsel to the House Select Committee, said the evidence presented “highlights how the Trump campaign aggressively pushed false election claims to fundraise — telling supporters it would be used to fight voter fraud that did not exist.” Between the November election in 2020 and Jan. 6, 2021, the Trump campaign sent millions of fundraising emails to his supporters — sometimes as many as 25 a day — spreading falsehoods about voter fraud and urging recipients to “step up” and “fight back” against the “left-wing mob.” The effort yielded the Trump campaign over $250 million — in just the first week following the election, they raised $100 million, Wick said. “They deserve better than what President Trump and his team did.” Barr told Trump voter fraud claims were ‘bogus’ As the fallout of his election loss continued, Trump became “detached from reality,” former Atty.