The House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol held what may have been its final public hearing on Thursday. The meeting ended with the committee unanimously voting to subpoena former President Donald Trump, likely setting the stage for a court battle. During the hearing, Congressmember Zoe Lofgren of California detailed how Trump had developed a plan to declare victory in the 2020 election regardless of the actual outcome. "This big lie — President Trump's effort to convince Americans that he had won the 2020 election — began before the election results even came in. It was intentional, it was premeditated," Lofgren said. The committee also aired a new video showing Trump's ally Roger Stone telling Trump supporters to declare victory no matter the outcome. "I really do suspect it will still be up in the air. But when that happens, the key thing to do is to claim victory," said Stone, whom the committee also linked to right-wing extremist organizations, including the Proud Boys. "We'll start smashing pumpkins, if you know what I mean."

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