authority ten, the chair now says that the committee approval to release the deposition good morning, last week, the select committee laid out a preview of our initial findings about the conspiracy overseeing and directed by donald trump to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, it blocked the transfer of power, a scheme unprecedented in american history. my colleagues and i don t want to spend time talking about ourselves during these these hearings, but as someone who has run for office a few times, i can tell you that the end of a campaign, it all comes down to numbers. the numbers tell you the winner and loser. for the most part, the numbers don t lie, but if something does not add up with the numbers, you will go to court to get resolution. that is the end of the line. we accept those results. that s what it means to respect the rule of law. that s what it means to seek elected office in our democracy because those numbers are not just numbers, they ar
i thank the witnesses for joining us today. the first panel is now dismissed. without objection, the chair recognizes the woman from california, miss lofgren. thank you, mister chairman. last week, we presented the testimony of former attorney general bill barr, who testified before this committee. today, we present additional evidence, including his testimony that former president trump started making claims of election fraud immediately after the election, and that barr concluded the claims were untrue. due to the length of attorney
anyway. mister chairman, hundreds of our countrymen have faced criminal charges. many are serving criminal sentences because they believed what donald trump said about the election, and they acted on it. they came to washington d.c. at his request. they marched on the capitol i s request. hundreds of them besieged and invaded the building at the heart of our constitutional republic. as one conservative editorial board put it recently, quote, mr. trump betrayed his supporters by conning them on january six, and he is still doing it. another conservative editorial board that has long supported president trump said last week, donald trump, quote, won t stop insisting that the 2020 was stolen even though he has offered no proof that that is true. and this, donald trump now,
election litigation dating back to 22, 000, where he represented george w. bush and the bush legal deposition. i will now swear in our witnesses. please stand and raise your right hand. do you swear i aftermath on the penalty of perjury that the testimony that you are about to give is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help me got? thank you, please be seated. let the rord reflect that the witnesses answered in the affirmative. pursuant to section five see a of house resolution 503, i now recognize the woman from california, miss lofgren, for questions. thank you, mister chairman. before the break, i think you
in the courts of hell, the will of the people. this morning we ll tell the story of how we told the story of donald trump losing the election. as a result of his lost, he decided to wage an attack on our democracy, an attack on the american people by trying to rob you of your voice in our democracy. and doing so, he lit the fuse that led to the horrific violence of january six, when a mob of his supporters stormed the capitol sent by donald trump to stop the transfer of power. today, my colleague from california, miss lofgren and our witnesses, will detail the select committee findings on these matters. but first, i will recognize our distinguished vice chair, miss cheney, for any opening statement that she cares to offer. thank you very much, mister chairman.