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Rep. Jamie Raskin: ‘Reasonable’ people understand Trump purposely spread election lie

Rep. Jamie Raskin said Sunday “any reasonable person” listening to the Jan. 6 House select committee hearings will understand former President Trump knew he was spreading a lie about the 2020 election.

The Maryland Democrat, a member of the committee, also said “in due course” the committee’s investigation will provide additional details on members of Congress who sought presidential pardons.

“Any reasonable person in America would say [former President Trump] had to have known he was spreading the big lie,” he said on CNN’s “State of the Union.”

Mr. Raskin said the committee will continue this week to spell out the details of the attack on the Capitol and the role Mr.