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Thursday, May 7, 2026

How Trump has responded to the Jan. 6 committee - ABC News

He's attacked members and witnesses but made few specific denials.

The House Jan. 6 select committee is set to hold its last meeting Monday and expected to vote on its final report, which will reveal how far it will go in accusing former President Trump of deep involvement in what it says was a plot to overturn the 2020 election.

Even before it began a series of high-profile public hearings in June, Trump has repeatedly railed against the panel, dubbing it the "unselect" committee and casting it as a partisan "witch hunt," attacking witnesses and denying wrongdoing, all while making false claims of widespread election fraud two years ago.

The committee, meanwhile, has interviewed scores of witnesses and heard their dramatic testimony in front of TV cameras, delivering a slate of bombshells about the inner workings of the Trump White House leading up to Jan. 6 and on the day itself.

Here's some of what Trump has said:

Trump blasts McCarthy, demands Republicans defend him

After the panel's creation, Trump expressed frustration he had no defenders on the committee, a dynamic he blamed on House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy, Calif.

After McCarthy proposed several Republicans to serve on the panel, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi rejected his selections of Reps. Jim Banks, R-Ind., and Jim Jordan, R-Ohio. McCarthy responded by refusing to have any of his picks included.

Pelosi, in turn, appointed GOP Reps. Liz Cheney, Wyo., and Adam Kinzinger, both Trump critics, to the committee to give...



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