Jan. 6 hearing to look at Donald Trump’s pressure on state election officials – live updates – USA TODAY

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WASHINGTON – Next up Tuesday for the House hearings on the Capitol attack Jan. 6, 2021, is the pressure former President Donald Trump applied to state officials to overturn 2020 election results, including Trump’s infamous call to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger.

The latest:

  • No evidence: In questioning from Schiff, Bowers recalled Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani talking about election fraud: “We’ve got lots of theories, we just don’t have the evidence.” Bowers added, “I don’t know if that was a gaffe or maybe he didn’t think through what he said.”

  • Pressure continues: Bowers said U.S. Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz. and chair of the conservative Freedom Caucus, asked “if I would sign on both to a letter that had been sent from my state and or that I would support the decertification of the electors.” Bowers replied, “I said I would not.”

  • Fake electors scheme in Michigan: The committee learned through testimony that Michigan Republican fake electors planned to hide overnight in the Michigan Capitol so they could cast their votes in the statehouse chambers the next day.

What evidence does the Jan. 6 committee have?:Is the Jan. 6 committee sitting on explosive evidence of Trump’s role in the Capitol assault?

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger speaks during a news conference on, Nov. 11, 2020, in Atlanta.

Trump aide: Staff members felt like ‘useful idiots’ and ‘rubes’ over fake elector scheme

The committee played video of a former Trump staff member talking about the anger he and others felt over the “fake elector” scheme that even campaign attorneys wouldn’t stand behind.

“We were useful idiots – just rubes at this point,” Robert Sinners told the committee.

Sinners also said that no Trump officials “really cared” if aides like him were putting themselves at legal risk.

– David Jackson

Freedom Caucus chairman also pushed Arizona House Speaker

Even after batting down requests from Trump’s inner circle to overturn the election, Bowers said he received a pressuring call from the then-chairman of the Freedom Caucus.

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