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
threats to her safety after being accused of being part of a conspiracy theory involving fake ballots, debunked, by the way. most of the discussion heading into today s hearing surrounds brad raffensperger who won a primary earlier this month. raffensperger was facing deep discontent from some trump supporters for pushing back on donald trump in the days before the january 6 insurrection, refusing the former president s request to, quote, find the votes trump needed to win that state. i just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have, because we won the state. flipping the state is a great testament to our country. ladies, in the hearings so far, each followed a pattern. donald trump was told he lost. he told his supporters that he won anyway. donald trump was told that there was no fraud. he told his supporters that there was fraud. donald trump was told that mike pence did not have the power to overturn the election. he said mike pence had the power to
stood up against trump s conspiracy theories and claims of election fraud after losing the 2020 presidential election. okay, thank you very much. hello, brad and ryan and everybody. we appreciate the time and the call. trump was joined by a number of advisers including mark meadows and clee that mitchell. if we could go over some of the numbers, i think it s clear that we won. we won very substantially in georgia. reporter: at the time of the election, gabriel sterling was the voting systems implementation manager. i was kind of irritated i wasn t on the call. i heard the call the next day. and i m like, i m so thankful i was not on that call. it was an hour of 55 minutes the president spoke and stfs a the greatest hits of all the stuff we had been debunking for two months. giving oxygen to this
everybody. we appreciate the time and the call. reporter: trump was joined by a number of advisers, including chief of staff mark meadows and conservative attorney cleta mitchell. if we could just go over some of the numbers, i think it s pretty clear that we won. we won very substantially georgia. reporter: at the time of the election gabriel sterling was the voting systems implementation manager. i was kind of irritated i wasn t on the call. and then i heard the call the next day and i m like i was so thankful i was not on that call. it was an hour of which 55 minutes the president spoke. and it was the greatest hits of all the stuff we d been debunking for two months. giving oxygen to this continued disinformation is leading to a continuing erosion of people s belief in our elections. reporter: trump appeared to
a number of advisers, including chief of staff mark meadows and conservative attorney coletta mitchell. if we could just go over some of the numbers, i think it s pretty clear that we won. we won very substantially georgia. reporter: at the time of the election, gabriel sterling was the voting systems implementation manager. when did you learn that that call was taking place? about 60 seconds before the call took place. and what was your thought when you learned he was about to be on the phone with the president at the time? i was kind of irritated i wasn t on the call. and then i heard the call the next day. i m like, i m so thankful i was not on that call. it was an hour, of which 55 minutes the president spoke. and it was the greatest hits of all the stuff we d been debunking for two months. giving oxygen to this continued disinformation is leading to a continuing erosion of people s belief in our elections. reporter: trump appeared to threaten the secretary of state.