WATCH: Rep. Thompson’s full opening statement for Day 4 | Jan. 6 hearings
Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., chair of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack, made an opening statement at the start of the public hearing on June 21. Thompson offered a refresher on how U.S. elections work as a state-by-state…
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WATCH: Pence lawyer Greg Jacob on why vice president had no authority to refuse electoral votes
Greg Jacob, who served as one of former Vice President Mike Pence’s lawyers, testified June 16 before the House Jan. 6 committee that the Constitution did not provide a means for Pence to refuse count electoral votes for Biden and…
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WATCH: Rep. Cheney’s full opening statement for Day 3 | Jan. 6 hearings.
In her opening statement, on Day 3 of the Jan. 6 committee’s series of hearings on the 2021 Capitol insurrection, Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., said the June 16 hearing will focus on former President Donald Trump’s “relentless efforts” to pressure…
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