WASHINGTON – State election officials on Tuesday described for the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol how a flood of emails and texts – followed by death threats – targeted them after President Donald Trump pressured them to overturn the 2020 election.
Arizona House Speaker Rusty Bowers testified about weekly protests outside his home, including one where there was an armed man. Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger described sexualized messages left for his wife and a break-in at his daughter-in-law's home.
Shaye Moss, a registration official in Fulton County, Georgia, recalled death threats after Trump's allies circulated misleading video about where votes were counted.
The anecdotes were among the emotional highlights of a hearing where the committee documented Trump's pressure on the officials – and the fallout from threats and protests. The hearing followed sessions in which Trump aides testified that they repeatedly told him he lost the presidential election, though he pressured Vice President Mike Pence to reject electors for Joe Biden.
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"When he used the power of his presidency to put the enormous pressure on state and local election officials, and his own vice president, it became downright dangerous," said Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., who led the questioning. "If the most powerful person in the world can bring the full weight of the presidency down on an...
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