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,…
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WATCH: Rep. Liz Cheney’s full opening statement for Day 4 | Jan. 6 hearings
“Donald Trump had a direct and personal role” in attempting to overturn the 2020 election by exerting pressure on state officials and legislatures, said Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., in her opening statement during a public hearing on June 21. Cheney,…
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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: Trump advisers tell Jan. 6 committee they knew Pence had no right to change election results
In the days before Jan. 6, as former President Donald Trump pressured Vice President Mike Pence to intervene in Congress’ counting of Electoral College votes certifying Joe Biden’s 2020 presidential win, those around him in the White House did not…
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WATCH: Luttig says Pence had no constitutional right to overturn election | 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 said despite claims from President Donald Trump and John Eastman, his campaign lawyer, former Vice…
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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…
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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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