trump electors. we are going to hear from four witnesses this afternoon, including the secretary of state for georgia, brad raffensperger and his chief operating officer, gabriel sterling, big public figures in the wake of the november election in 2020. the committee says it s going to show evidence that former president trump put undue pressure on legislatures to try to put forward alternative slates and electors. for president trump, the strategy did not work, legislatures did not go along with it. you see betty thompson taking it there, much of the questioning will be handled by california congressman adam schiff as he questions the witnesses and makes the majority of the presentation. liz cheney there seated to betty thompson s left-hand side, adam schiff on the right-hand side. we expect the hearing will last at least a couple of hours. let s pause now while chairman thompson gavels in today s hearing. the select committee to investigate the january 6th attack on the u
camera, they signed documents falsely asserting they were the duly elected electors from the state and submitted them to the national archives and vice president pence. what some of the fake elector certificates look like as compared to the real ones. these ballots had no legal effect. in an email produced to the select committee, dr. eastman told a trump campaign representative it did not matter electors were not approved by the state authority. the fact we have multiple slates of electors demonstrates the uncertainty of either, that should be enough. he urge the pence act boldly and be challenged. documents show the trump campaign took steps to ensure the physical copies of the fake elector electoral votes from two states were delivered to washington january 6th. text messages in wisconsin showed on january 4th, the trump campaign asked for someone to fly their state elector