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Committee has a Hearing Committee on the Justice Department track task force addressing threats against Election Officials. This is just over three hours. This hearing will come to order. Today the Judiciary Committee is holding the firstever hearing on a growing danger to our democracy. Threats against election workers. In a recent survey went out of every six election workers reported receiving threats because their jobs are on the front lines of democracy. Many of the stats were inspired by false claims or fraud surrounding the last election. Claims that culminated in president trumps big lie. Night last summer, the department of justice launched a task force to address the unprecedented threats that election workers across america are facing. This morning, for the first time the department will testify about the progress that has been made by the task force since it was formed. We will also hear from these and Infrastructure Security Agency which plays an instant been instant indis
Former President Trump and his allies. During the hearing, Maricopa County supervisor bill gates testified that this effort to undermine the integrity of our elections was, and i quote, the biggest threat to our democracy in my lifetime. Supervisor gates is a republican as are members of our panel today, but he spoke out against this campaign of threats and lies, because protecting our democracy is more important than partisan politics. Today, the committee released a report detailing new findings from our investigation into the effects of election misinformation and disinformation. We asked local Election Officials in four states, arizona, florida, ohio, and texas how election lies are impacting their ability to do their jobs. What we heard is chilling, Election Officials are under siege. They face growing campaigns of harassment and threats, all driven by false accusations of fraud. For example, we learned that after the 2020 election conspiracy theorists alex jones, roger stone, and
Former president donald trump. They also about talk about increasing resources for Election Administration and social medias role countering election misinformation. This roundtable discussion from the House Oversight and Reform Committee is one hour 15 minutes. Undtable on election misinformation. Nearly a year ago this Committee Held a meeting in arizona. This audit was inspired by life about Election Fraud spread by former President Trump and his allies. During the hearing, Maricopa County supervisor bill gates testified that this effort to undermine the integrity of our elections was, and i quote, the biggest threat to our democracy in my lifetime. Supervisor gates is a republican as are members of our panel today, but he spoke out against this campaign of threats and lies, because protecting our democracy is more important than partisan politics. Today, the committee released a report detailing new findings from our investigation into the effects of election misinformation and dis
Supervisor gates is a republican as are members of our panel today, but he spoke out against this campaign of threats and lies, because protecting our democracy is more important than partisan politics. Today, the committee released a report detailing new findings from our investigation into the effects of election misinformation and disinformation. We asked local Election Officials in four states, arizona, florida, ohio, and texas how election lies are impacting their ability to do their jobs. What we heard is chilling, Election Officials are under siege. They face growing campaigns of harassment and threats, all driven by false accusations of fraud. For example, we learned that after the 2020 election conspiracy theorists alex jones, roger stone, and mike lindell singled out one florida election administrator, they publicized his Office Phone Number and encouraged listeners to call with the message that we are watching him and he is a piece of crap. He reported receiving countless th