Legislatures, asking state governors, asking State Elector officials to do the right thing. In fact, even asking Vice President pence was protected by free speech. Well, former Vice President pence did not dispute trumps right to ask. But he is once again drawing attention to what he was asked to do a day before january 6th, he came back as his lawyers did. He said we want you to launch those votes outright. They were asking me to overturn the election. I had no right to overturn the election. I know we did our duty that day. Well, the federal judge Tanya Chutkan in d. C. Has set a timeline for tomorrow at five pm when the trump team must respond if they object to the governments request for a protective order on evidence in this case, a request prompted by trumps activity on social media as of late, effectively setting up the first showdown of what is expected to be a protracted court battle. Now, the indictment remains the top story on the front pages of the New York Times and the wa
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
legislatures, asking state governors, asking state elector officials to do the right thing. in fact, even asking vice president pence was protected by free speech. well, former vice president pence did not dispute trump s right to ask. but he is once again drawing attention to what he was asked to do a day before january 6th, he came back as his lawyers did. he said we want you to launch those votes outright. they were asking me to overturn the election. i had no right to overturn the election. i know we did our duty that day. well, the federal judge tanya chutkan in d.c. has set a timeline for tomorrow at five pm when the trump team must respond if they object to the government s request for a protective order on evidence in this case, a request prompted by trump s activity on social media as of late, effectively setting up the first showdown of what is expected to be a protracted court battle. now, the indictment remains the
connect donald trump to the actual activity that took place? are we going to be able to connect donald trump to this state elector scheme that took place, and with respect to john eastman as the linchpin and that memo you described, that s how they intend to do it as prosecutors if this referral takes place, which i expect it likely will. and the referrals could be for more than one person. let s be clear. the reporting is it potentially could be against the former president, but let me read to you, hugo, this is what the criminal code says about rebellion and insurrection. whoever insights, sets foot, or engages in any rebellion or insurrection against the united states or gives aid or comfort to should be fined and incapable of holding any office under the united states, also in the 14th amendment. the question comes, is in your reporting the committee considering referrals against anyone else besides donald trump? because this in theory could apply to some members of congress, and
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