Events of last week could take much more space than allotted here, so we’ll focus on the House committee hearings about Jan. 6’s violent attempt to overthrow the government.
From various sources:
The fourth Jan. 6 House Committee hearing (June 21) focused on former President Donald Trump’s efforts to pressure election officials to change election results, including efforts to throw out confirmed results and submit a false slate of electors.
Threatening protesters were even sent to homes of officials who did not want to play along. [Biden tallied 7 million more votes than Trump, and won the Electoral College 306-232.]
Arizona House of Representatives Speaker Rusty Bowers–R, spoke of phone calls wherein Trump and Trump’s attorney Rudy Giuliani claimed there were thousands of votes from undocumented people. When asked for proof, none was provided.
When further pressured, Bowers said he told Trump “you are asking me to do something against my oath, and I will not break my oath.”
Bowers also testified that an Arizona Republican lawmaker called him the morning of Jan. 6 and asked him to support overturning the election. Bowers declined. He’s experienced threats since, from Trump followers.
But Trump has not given up: The morning of the fourth hearing he claimed Bowers told him the election was rigged, but Bowers denied under oath having said any such thing. In Georgia, where ballots were re-counted twice by hand to ensure accuracy, a recording showed that state’s Secretary, Brad...
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