aide said after an abrupt end to his closed door testimony. and the united kingdom generally known to be prim and proper, but this time it seems like it could be a drag-out fight to be the uk s next prime minister. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start in the politics lead on capitol hill. members of the january 6th committee are preparing for tomorrow s primetime hearing. the hearing is expected to cover the actions or lack thereof of former president trump during the three-plus hours that rioters were storming the capitol and the president s activities were unknown. but as committee members try to get to the bottom of the past attempt to teal the election, our democracy remains under attack by the same forces. let s start in wisconsin. cnn affiliate wism reports that donald trump called the top lawmaker in the wisconsin state assembly, republican robin voss, and asked him to overturn the 2020 election results. when did that call happen? that call happened las
that is counter to my oath, when i swore to the constitution to uphold it, i will not break my oath. the chair of the arizona state republican committee, kelli ward, tweeted about bowers, saying, quote, he is no longer a republican in good standing, and we call on republicans to replace him at the ballot box, unquote. ward, we should note, also served as a fake elector in arizona for donald trump. she and her husband have both been subpoenaed in the federal probe into the fraudulent elector scheme. though the wards attorney say their actions are protect ed by the first amendment. let s hop over to maryland where last night, cnn projected dan cox would be the winner of the republican primary in the state s governor s race. cox was, and remains, a big disseminator of trump s election lies. he tweeted on january 6th, while rioters were actively breaching the capitol perimeter, quote, pence is a traitor.