Trump mobilizing his MAGA allies to defend him ahead of January 6 hearings
Former President Donald Trump has made it clear he is looking for cover from his closest allies around the upcoming public hearings by the
House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection - and some prominent names in
Congress and the
Republican Party are answering the call.
Trump's team has communicated to some of his most loyal acolytes on
Capitol Hill that the
former President wants people vigorously defending him and pushing back on the select committee while the
public hearings play out.
Committee members have teased that the hearings could be focused on
Trump's direct role in undermining the election results. The
committee has been working toward a thesis that
Trump's obsession with losing the election and his peddling of false claims about the results is what laid the groundwork for the violent and deadly riot at the
Capitol.
