conversation in november, 2020, in which he claims that you told him that the election was rigged and that he had won arizona. to quote the former president, during the conversation he told me the conversation he told me the election was rigged and i won arizona, quote. did you have such a conversation with the president? i did have a conversation with the president, that certainly isn t it. there are parts of it that are true, but parts that are not, sir. the part that i read you. is that false? anywhere, anyone, any time has said that i said the election is rigged that would not be true. and when the former president in a statement today claimed that you told him that he won arizona, is that also false? that is also false. mr. bowers, i understand that after the election. i don t know if this is a conversation the former president is referring to, but after the election you received a phone call from president trump and rudy giuliani, in which they discussed the
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
do you know how it feels to have the president of the united states to target you? new evidence unearthed in the investigation about the bizarre forgery scheme, to create fake electors for trump, and how the trump campaign and his lawyers knew it was illegal? i said, what would you have me do? he said, just do it, and let the court sort it out. evidence on tape of the former president s direct personal pressure campaign against key low-level officials in georgia. whatever you can do, francis. and, new testimony about the violence unleashed against the people that the president targeted. some people broke into my daughter and laws home. i said close the door, don t open the door for anyone. all the records, information, were offered online. there is no where i felt safe, nowhere. tonight, a member of the investigation who led today s hearing, congressman adam schiff. plus, michigan secretary of state, jocelyn benson. nicole wallace, joy reid, chris hayes,
bizarre forgery scheme, to create fake electors for trump, and how the trump campaign and his lawyers knew it was illegal? i said, what would you have me do? he said, just do it, and let the court sort it out. evidence on tape of the former president s direct personal pressure campaign against key, low-level officials in georgia. whatever you can do, francis. and, new testimony about the violence unleashed against the people that the president targeted. some people broke into my daughter and law s home. i said close the door, don t open the door for anyone. all the records, information, were offered online. there is no where i felt safe, nowhere. tonight, a member of the investigation who led today s hearing, congressman adam schiff. plus, michigan secretary of state, jocelyn benson. nicole wallace, joy reid, chris hayes, lawrence o donnell, ari melber, stephanie ruhle, all here for our special primetime recap of today s hearing of the january 6th incident i
Attack on the United States capitol will be in order. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare they committee in recess at any point. Pursuing the House Deposition Authority regulation ten, the chair announces the committees approval to release the deposition material presented in todays hearing. Good afternoon. In our last hearing we told this story of a scheme driven by donald trump to pressure former Vice President mike pence to illegally overturn the Election Results. We showed that when the Pressure Campaign failed and mike prints failed his constitutional obligations donald trump turned a violent mob loose on him. He showed that the mob came within roughly 40 feet of the Vice President. Today we will show what happened to mike pence was not an isolated part of Donald Trumps scheme to overturn the election. In fact, pressuring Public Servants into betraying their oaths was a fundamental part of the playbook. A handful of Election Officials in several key states stood