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‘I’ve lost my name, I’ve lost my reputation’: Voting official givers testimony at Jan 6 hearings
The 6 January select committee has subpoenaed previously unseen footage from a documentary filmmaker who had access to Donald Trump and his inner circle around the time of the 2020 election.
In its subpoena to Alex Holder, which was first released by Politico, the committee asks for any raw footage shot from 6 January 2021, that features discussion of election fraud or election integrity or featuring interviews with Mr Trump, his children, or Mike Pence. Mr Holder has agreed. Some of Mr Trump’s own aides appear blindsided by the news a film crew had access to the former president and his family.
The committee today turned its focus to two pivotal swing states for its fourth public hearing, telling the story of Mr Trump’s efforts to personally pressure election officials in Georgia and Arizona to overturn his defeat in their respective states. They gave detailed accounts of how they protected the integrity of the election and emotional testimony about the threats they endured.
Mr Trump, meanwhile, has taken to Truth Social to once again attack the committee. Deriding it as a victim of “Trump Derangement Syndrome”, he fumed that “crazed” Democrats are “playing the ridiculous Insurrection Card” because of his supposedly strong polling.
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Show latest update 1655847985 GOP officials and election workers reveal dramatic cost of Team Trump intimidation
Donald Trump’s lies about the 2020 election inspired his supporters to undertake campaigns of harassment and threats against state legislators and election officials, including a break-in at the home of a targeted official’s family member, witnesses told the House January 6 select committee on Tuesday.
The panel’s fourth hearing examined the pressure campaign Mr Trump and his allies mounted to convince legislators in Arizona, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan and other swing states to implement a fringe legal theory under which they could replace electors for Mr Biden — who voters chose on election day — with pro-Trump electors, as well as the consequences of the false claims of fraud put forth by Mr Trump and his allies.
Andrew Feinberg and Eric Garcia report for The Independent from Capitol Hill.
Jan 6 hearings: Dramatic testimony reveals cost of Trump intimidation ‘I’ve lost my name and I’ve lost my reputation — I’ve lost my sense of security all because a group of people starting with number 45 and his ally Rudy Giuliani decided to scapegoat me and my daughter’
Oliver O'Connell 21 June 2022 22:46
1655878500 Jan 6 panel lawyer urged to run for US Senate seat in Missouri
Republican former US Senator John Danforth and others are urging a former federal prosecutor who is an attorney for the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection to make an independent run for Missouri‘s open Senate seat.
Effort urges 1/6 panel lawyer to run Missouri US Senate seat Former Republican U.S. Sen. John Danforth and others are urging a former federal prosecutor who now serves as an attorney for the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection to make an independent run for one of Missouri’s Senate seats
Oliver O'Connell 22 June 2022 07:15
1655876759 Trump gets his revenge in Alabama Senate primary as Katie Britt wins
Katie Boyd Britt beat Representative Mo Brooks in the runoff race to win the Republican nomination for Senate in Alabama after former president Donald Trump endorsed her.
The former president was quick to take credit for Ms Britt’s victory.
“With the great ALABAMA win by Katie Britt tonight, I am please to announce that WE (MAGA!) are 12 WINS & ZERO LOSSES in US Senate Primary races this cycle”, he wrote on his Truth Social networking platform.
Eric Garcia reports:
Katie Britt beats Mo Brooks after Trump switches endorsement in Alabama Senate runoff Trump bragged about Britt’s victory after he switched his endorsement from Brooks to Britt.
Sravasti Dasgupta 22 June 2022 06:45
1655874900 Watch: Congresswoman says ‘crime’ Senate has not codified Roe v Wade
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'A crime' Senate has not codified Roe v Wade, says congresswoman
Oliver O'Connell 22 June 2022 06:15
1655871300 Trump aides shocked as unseen documentary subpoenaed by Jan 6 committee
Former President Donald Trump‘s aides were reportedly blindsided when the House select committee investigating the Capitol riot revealed it had subpoenaed a documentary filmmaker who had extensive access to Mr Trump and his inner circle ahead of the January 6 insurrection.
British documentary filmmaker Alex Holden had been documenting Mr Trump and his family in the months leading up to the Capitol riot. Mr Holden revealed on Tuesday that his footage was requested by the House January 6 committee.
Graig Graziosi reports.
Trump aides shocked by revelation of unseen documentary subpoenaed by Jan 6 committee Many of Mr Trump’s top officials had no idea the documentary was being made
Oliver O'Connell 22 June 2022 05:15
1655868632 Trump's 'playbook' to overturn election
A House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection is turning to former President Donald Trump’s pressure campaign on state and local officials to overturn his 2020 election loss.
In its fourth hearing this month, the panel is examining how Trump focused on a few swing states, directly urging officials to decertify President Joe Biden’s victory or find additional votes for himself. It was part of a larger scheme that also involved dozens of lawsuits, pressure on Department of Justice officials and, eventually, lobbying Vice President Mike Pence to reject Biden’s win at the congressional electoral count on Jan. 6.
Jan. 6 takeaways: Trump's 'playbook' to overturn election A House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection is turning to former President Donald Trump’s pressure campaign on state and local officials to overturn his 2020 election loss
Oliver O'Connell 22 June 2022 04:30
1655865932 Senator Ron Johnson aide contacted Pence team to offer alternate Electoral College votes
Wisconsin Sen Ron Johnson wanted to hand-deliver a slate of fake “alternate” Electoral College votes to Vice President Mike Pence on the morning of January 6, according to a new set of text messages revealed by the select committee investigating the Capitol riot.
John Bowden reports:
Ron Johnson aide reached out to Pence to offer alternate Electoral College votes False electors were part of bid to overturn election
Oliver O'Connell 22 June 2022 03:45
1655863232 Aide says Mark Meadows wanted to bribe Georgia investigators with ‘a s***load of POTUS stuff’
The Select Committee investigating January 6 has said that they have received text messages suggesting that Trump Chief of Staff Mark Meadows wanted to send gifts to investigators in the form of “a s***load of POTUS stuff,” in the words of a White House aide, including coins, autographed MAGA hats, and other items.
Gustaf Kilander watched the hearing and reports.
Meadows wanted to bribe investigators by sending them ‘a s***load of POTUS stuff’ ‘White House staff intervened to make sure that didn’t happen’
Oliver O'Connell 22 June 2022 03:00
1655860532 Texas GOP cements swing to far right with party platform
Ten years ago, the Texas Republican Party used its platform to oppose teaching critical thinking in schools. In 2014, it declared homosexuality a chosen behavior contrary to God and endorsed “reparative therapy” to reverse it. By 2020, the party was ready to remind the world that “Texas retains the right to secede from the United States.”
Texas GOP's swing to far right cemented with party platform Ten years ago, the Texas Republican Party used its platform to oppose teaching critical thinking in schools
Oliver O'Connell 22 June 2022 02:15
1655857832 Jan 6 commmittee hears ‘insane’ plan for fake Trump electors to hide in Michigan Capitol overnight
A group of fake Michigan electors who said they worked for the Trump campaign planned to hide out in the state Capitol overnight in order to cast electoral votes for the former president, according to testimony from a hearing of the January 6 House Select Committee.
The committee said that since the scheme involved fake electors, those taking part in some states had no way of following state election laws, such as being in the state capitol to cast their votes.
One group of fake electors considered hiding in the capitol overnight to ensure that they had access to the building, which is required in Michigan.
Gustaf Kilander reports:
Plan for fake Trump electors to hide in Michigan Capitol overnight revealed ‘Republican electors were planning to meet in the capitol and hide overnight so that they could fulfil the role of casting their vote, per law, in the Michigan chambers’
Oliver O'Connell 22 June 2022 01:30
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