Philip Bump thoroughly debunks Trump’s attempted rebuttal of the January 6 committee’s hearing yesterday. His analysis of Trump’s assertions is methodical and extensive, in Bump’s words, “not because they are deserving of serious consideration but to demonstrate why they aren’t.” Bump concludes:

‘Hours after the Jan. 6 committee calmly demonstrated how many people in his orbit had tried to wrench him back to reality, Trump made very clear he still holds it at a distance.

“There was never an indication of interest in what the actual facts were,” Barr said of Trump in recorded testimony that aired on Monday morning. A few hours later, Trump proved Barr correct.‘