June 10 (UPI) -- Some of former President Donald Trump's most ardent defenders -- from daughter Ivanka Trump to former Attorney General Bill Barr -- said they believed there was no massive fraud in the 2020 Presidential election that denied him a second term in the White House.
Video clips of their testimony to the Jan. 6 House committee investigating the attack on the US. Capitol were shown at a hearing Thursday night. Their views of the election, from Trump's inner circle, contradict the former president's ongoing push that the 2020 election was rigged and he should be president.
The committee showed various clips from some of Trump's closest advisors appearing to dismiss voter fraud claims, along with dramatic new images from the Jan. 6, 2021, attack where a mob that supported Trump beat and bloodied police officers on their way to breaking into the Capitol.
In the video highlighting Barr's testimony, the former attorney general under two Republican presidents called Trump's fraud claims "complete nonsense" and was part of the reason he resigned before the end of his term.
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