- By Sarah Smith
- North America editor
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The January 6th attack on the capitol was “fuelled by lies”, said special counsel Jack Smith at his brief news conference. Donald Trump’s lies.
Throughout the 45 detailed pages of this indictment that theme of dishonesty is repeated again and again. It talks about “prolific lies about election fraud” and says “these claims were false and the defendant knew that they were false”.
This will clearly be a key theme when this trial gets to court. Whether it leads to a conviction is unclear – some legal experts have said this is…
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