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https://gizmodo.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/07/kjvujdarumjappbrfjle-scaled.jpg?quality=7525601440U.S. President Donald Trump continued to use Twitter to spread baseless conspiracy theories claiming that Democrats stole the election even as Trump supporters overran the U.S. Capitol Wednesday in an attempted coup aimed at overturning the results.