ripped their lives apart, their devastating personal stories were revealed today in the most emotional january 6th hearing yet. plus, new details on trump s highly illegal campaign to pressure state elections officials to install fake electors. just a few hours ago the house select committee investigating the january 6th insurrection laid out in clear terms just how broad donald trump s thirst for power and how deep his acceptance for violence really went. the committee outlined how trump knew he had lost but plowed ahead anyway with a plan to get what he wanted. part that have plan included a cordnated campaign of harassment where he and his allies repeatedly bullied state elections officials in key battleground states to reject ballots outright while also targeting local election officials with unfounded claims of fraud. privately he and his allies led by an unmoored rudy giuliani hounded officials while publicly waging a smear campaign fueled with lies that led to a wave o
this is a phone call from a trump campaign staffer because here s where the other thing we got out other than the emotion and the news about the threats and all of the sort of context how much people were threatened was just how much this was tied directly to the trump campaign. here s a trump campaign staffer pushing for these new slates of fake electors. hi, representative. my name is angela mccullum. calling from trump headquarters in washington, d.c. rona mcdaniel testified that the republican national committee, tied very much to the president, was asked by one of trump s aides in late 2020 to help gather contingent electors in case any of the legal challenges that were ongoing changed the result of the slates. my understanding is that the campaign did take the lead and we were just helping them in that role. how important is it to establish