It was a 25-year-old staffer who perhaps put Donald Trump’s conduct into its sharpest relief during testimony before the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
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Jan. 6 panel to hear from top aide in Trump’s White House
In brief excerpts of testimony,Cassidy Hutchinson told the committee she was in the room for White House meetings where challenges to the election were discussed, including with Republican lawmakers.
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Jan. 6 panel to hear of Trump’s pressure on Justice Department
The testimony is aimed at showing how Trump not only relied on outside advisers to press his false claims of election fraud but also tried to leverage the powers of federal executive branch agencies.
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‘Nowhere I feel safe’: Election officials recount threats
Georgia election worker Shaye Moss and her mother Ruby Freeman told the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack how Trump’s false claims fueled threats.
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Watch live: Jan. 6 panel to hear from officials Trump pressured to overturn election results
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is to testify about Trump’s phone call asking him to “find 11,780” votes that could flip the state to prevent Biden’s election victory.
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Facebook removes video of armed Republican Senate candidate ‘RINO hunting’
Eric Greitens is shown armed with a shotgun breaking through the front door of a home and saying, ‘Join the MAGA crew. Get a RINO hunting permit.’ RINO is a Trump term used to deride moderate Republicans.
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Trump criticizes McCarthy for ‘bad decision’ to walk away from Jan. 6 panel
Trump appeared to concede that it was a huge blunder to cede total control of the committee to his political enemies, effectively giving him no way to influence the proceedings.
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Trump advisers tell Jan. 6 panel the plan for Pence to reject electors was ‘nuts’
The pressure Trump put on his vice president, including at a Jan. 6 rally, led directly to the insurrection at the Capitol, the panel said.
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Jan. 6 panel probes Trump’s ‘last-ditch’ effort to pressure Pence to reject 2020 election results
The panel is reconvening for a third hearing, plunging into Donald Trump’s last-ditch effort to salvage the 2020 election by pressuring Vice President Mike Pence to reject the electoral count.
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Jan. 6 hearings: What we’ve learned, and what’s next
After the hearings, the House committee says its investigation will continue. And panel members will ultimately have to make a decision about whether they have found criminal activity.