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January 6 hearing on Trump’s attempts to pressure Pence | USA TODAY
The House Jan. 6 committee centers hearing around former President Trump's efforts to "pressure" former VP Mike Pence to overturn the election. RELATED: January 6 hearing includes testimony from Ivanka Trump, Bill Barr https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5q_QTfV-oKQ Trump's lawyer, John Eastman, drafted the plan for Pence to reject votes from seven states President Joe Biden won, … [Read more...]
WATCH: Luttig says overturning election ‘tantamount to a revolution’ | Jan. 6 hearings
Former Judge J. Michael Luttig testified on June 16 as the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack presented its findings to the public. Luttig told the Jan. 6 committee that if former Vice President Mike Pence carried out President Donald Trump’s demand to not count electoral votes won by President Joe Biden in the 2020 election, it would have amounted to a … [Read more...]
What we learned on Day 3 of the Jan. 6 committee hearings
The Jan. 6 committee heard a third day of testimony Thursday as it sought to link former President Trump to the Capitol attack and his efforts to overturn the 2020 election results. Garrett Graff, author of "Watergate: A New History," and Ned Foley, who directs Ohio State University's election law program, join Judy Woodruff to discuss. Stream your PBS favorites with the PBS … [Read more...]
House Jan. 6 committee hearing focuses on Trump’s pressure on Pence | June 16
The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol held the third in a series of public hearings on Thursday with testimony from former Vice President Mike Pence's former counsel Greg Jacob and conservative jurist J. Michael Luttig. The hearing focused on former President Donald Trump's campaign to pressure Pence to reject electoral votes. The … [Read more...]
WATCH: ‘I need 11,000 votes,’ Trump told Ga. election official | Jan. 6 hearings
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger testified on June 21 during a public hearing before the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack. Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., asked Raffensperger about a call he received from former President Donald Trump in which the president asked him to find 11,780 votes. “Was the president here asking you for exactly what he wanted, … [Read more...]
Watch Live: House Jan. 6 Committee Hearing | WSJ
Watch live coverage of a hearing held by the House Jan. 6 Committee to investigate the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol. More from the Wall Street Journal: Visit WSJ.com: http://www.wsj.com Visit the WSJ Video Center: https://wsj.com/video On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pg/wsj/videos/ On Twitter: https://twitter.com/WSJ On Snapchat: … [Read more...]
How Georgia officials defended the election from Trump pressure | Jan. 6 hearing
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and Gabriel Sterling, chief operating officer for the Georgia secretary of state, testified on June 21 during a public hearing before the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack. The series of questions focused on efforts by former President Donald Trump and his associates to change the outcome of the 2020 election in … [Read more...]
WATCH: Rep. Liz Cheney delivers closing remarks for Day 4 | Jan. 6 hearings
At the end of the fourth day of public hearings by the House committee investigating Jan. 6, Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., said the day’s testimony reminded everyone that “we are a nation of laws” and that “it takes people who've made a commitment to our system to defend our system.” Cheney said to date that more than 30 witnesses have invoked their Fifth Amendment rights, … [Read more...]
WATCH: Rep. Adam Schiff’s full opening statement for Day 4 | Jan. 6 hearings
Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., spoke on June 21 during a public hearing before the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack. Schiff outlined the many ways former President Donald Trump fought to stay in power despite losing the 2020 election, including efforts by his campaign to install false “electors” in battleground states with “phony certificates” to be transmitted to … [Read more...]