describing how president trump used the lies he told to raise millions of dollars from the american people. these fundraising schemes were also part of the effort to disseminate the false claims of election fraud. without objection i am the senior investigative counsel at the house select committee to investigate the general six attack on the united states capitol. between election day and january six, the trump campaign sent millions up fundraising emails to trump supporters, sometimes as many as 25 a day. the emails claimed, quote, the left wing mob was undermining the election. it urged supporters to step up, to protect the integrity of the election, and encourage them to, quote, fight back. as the select committee has demonstrated, the trump campaign knew that these voter fraud claims were false. yet, they continue to borrow small dollar donors with emails, encouraging them to donate to something called, the official election defense fund. the selectivity discovered
whose reporting did more than most to make it clear that watergate was for more than the simple break-in it first appeared to be. it s worth mentioning now because contrary to the impression people might have today, knowledge about what watergate truly was in size and scope and the threat to democracy it posed did not come all at once all neatly wrapped up in a bow. it was revealed in day by day slices of the truth by bob and carl and so many others. that notion seems just as true tonight, 50 years later, when it comes to the latest assault on democracy. we ve had plenty of revelations almost since the capitol was attacked, so many that it s hard to keep track, and harder still to be surprised or imagine any of it changes what we think we already know. yet this week, the house january 6 committee, even as it tries to bundle up the scandal and tie a bow around it, has also delivered plenty that is new. and today promised more. listen to kmut tee member zoe lofgren today on cnn
impression people might have today, knowledge about what watergate truly was in size and scope and the threat to democracy it posed did not come all at once all neatly wrapped up in a bow. it was revealed in day by day slices of the truth by bob and carl and so many others. that notion seems just as true tonight, 50 years later, when it comes to the latest assault on democracy. almost since the day capitol was attacked, so many that it s hard to keep track, and harder still to be surprised or imagine any of it changes what we think we already know. yet this week, the house january 6 committee, even as it tries to bundle up the scandal and tie a bow around it, has also delivered plenty that is new. and today promised more. listen to committee member zoe lofgren today on cnn talk about donald trump s effort to strong arm georgia secretary of state brad raffensperger after the election. i think we ve all heard the infamous phone call where then-president trump was trying to fo
in her video today, congresswoman cheney played a longer version of testimony we first heard some of yesterday from eric herschman, one of the white house lawyers, that eastman spoke with. it was the day after eastman i don t remember why, he called me or texted me, wanted to talk with me and said he couldn t reach others. and he started to ask me something about georgia and revealing something, potentially for appeal. and i said to him, are you out of your f-ing mind? i said, i only want to hear two words coming out of your mouth from now on. orderly transition. i said, i don t want to hear any more f-ing words coming out of your mouth other than orderly transition. repeat those words to me. what did he say? eventually he said orderly transition. g i said, good, john. now i m going to give you the best advice you ll ever get in your life. get yourself a good lawyer, you re going to need it. and i hung up on him. right now we want to take a closer look at another ke
eastman i don t remember why he called me, or he texted me or called me, wanted to talk with me. and he said he couldn t reach others. and he started to ask me about something dealing with georgia preserving something, potentially for appeal. and i said to him are you out of your f-ing mind? i said i only want the hear two words coming out of your mouth from now on. orderly transition. i don t want to hear any other f-ing words coming out of your mouth no matter what other than orderly transition. repeat those words to me. what did he say? eventually he said orderly transition. i said good, john. now i m going to give you the best free legal advice you re ever getting in your life. get a great f-ing criminal defense lawyer. you re going to need it. and i hung up on him. in just a moment, we ll be joined by maryland democratic chairman jamie raskin who serves on the committee. right now we want the take a closer look at another key item the committee highlighted