Jan 6: Outtake video shows Trump literally unable to say he lost election

Donald Trump is seen literally unable to say he lost the 2020 election in a newly released video presented by the Jan 6 committee.

As the committee probing the attack on the US Capitol held its eighth presentation, it played video of the then president repeatedly rehearsing a speech condemning the violence, that his staff had urged him to make.

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“I don’t want to say the election’s over,” Trump is heard to say in an outake of a video his staff filmed on Jan 7.

“To those who broke the law, you will pay....I can’t say that. I’m not going to.” he says

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