Covering Jan. 6 hearing, Fox News covers up Trump's remark that he didn't want to say the election was over

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From the July 22, 2022, edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends

As seen above, Fox's clip from the January 6 committee hearing of then-President Donald Trump notably excludes his remark that he didn't want to say the election is over. Compare Fox's summary to those of The Associated Press and even the news-side of The Wall Street Journal.

The Jan. 6 panel played never-before-seen footage from a speech by then-President Donald Trump taken a day after the Capitol attack.



“I don't want to say the election is over,” he said. https://t.co/ZBU3Mdj5zU pic.twitter.com/0KrhKzobDk

— The Associated Press (@AP) July 22, 2022

“I don’t want to say the election is over,” then-President Trump said in outtakes from remarks filmed the day after the Capitol riot. “I just want to say Congress has certified the results without saying the election is over, okay?” https://t.co/8AdD76C3Pf

— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) July 22, 2022

One reporter explained why the remark was so important for the committee to document:

What's particularly important about the “I don't want to say the election is over” outtake is that it reinforces the Jan. 6 committee's broader point: Trump was never chastened by the riot and to this day stokes the beliefs that fueled it. https://t.co/bSCAZoH3jA

— Philip Bump (@pbump) July 22, 2022

Similarly, covering this remark up shows that the same applies to Fox News.