Thompson, for witnesses to use DOJ to advance his personal agenda Thompson said in a previous hearing that Trump would "everything in the government, from local election workers to his own vice president." I reaffirmed the method that stated that I was exerting pressure "at the level".
"Today, the Department of Justice talks about how the pressure campaign targeted the federal office responsible for enforcing our law," Thompson said.
Thompson wants the Justice Department to investigate allegations of fraudulent elections that former Attorney General Bill Barr thought was nonsense in a previously recorded video testimony. He pointed out that he said he was. Rosen, one of the former Justice Department officials who testified Thursday, was appointed to lead the Justice Department when Barr resigned. Witnesses who testified Thursday "resisted Mr. Trump's efforts to abuse the Justice Ministry as part of a plan to seize power," Thompson said.
"Donald Trump didn't just ask the Justice Department to investigate," Thompson said. "He wanted the Justice Department to help justify his lies ... and when these and other efforts failed, Donald Trump called Deputy Attorney General Rosen the whole judiciary. He tried to replace it with a lawyer he believed would put the weight improperly. The department behind the effort to overturn the election. "
Trumpson called the president's efforts" using the Attorney General. " And a brave attempt to move the president's personal political agenda forward. "
Former Assistant Attorney said the top executive of the Department of Justice "had no evidence of widespread voter fraud."
Former Assistant Attorney Stephen Engel said he and others in the Department of Justice "constitution and US law before and after the November 2020 elections." It is expected to testify that it has maintained its commitment to. "According to written testimony obtained by CBS News.
" After the November 2020 election, election results To increase confidence in, the Assistant Attorney Barr has allowed the department to consider fraud and reports of fraud and investigate as needed, "said Engel. "High-ranking ministry officials finally concluded that there was no evidence of fraudulent voting large enough to change the outcome of the election, and Attorney General Barr publicly reported it in early December."
According to the testimony obtained, Engel would also say that Trump had "all rights" to pursue the lawsuit, but due to lack of credible evidence, DOJ did not participate in the election contest. It was.
Still, Engel testifies that one of the Assistant Attorneys, Jeff Clark, "has a different perspective."
"Mr. Clark publicly claims that the election results were compromised by fraud and should urge some states to replace previously certified voters, Mr. Clark said. I believed, "says Engel.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation Offering Subpoenas to Those Detained by Fake Voters
CBS News, Federal Bureau of Investigation Offers Subpoenas and Uses "Invalid Voters" We have confirmed that they have been summoned to locations related to those who may have participated in the effort. ".
FBI authorities do not discuss the investigation, but the Federal Bureau of Investigation has at least two locations ( Subpoenas were issued in (Georgia and Virginia). The subpoenas are a survey of how political activists tried to overturn President Joe Byden's 2020 victory by then-President Donald Trump. It shows an expansion.
Both the FBI and the Department of Justice will comment. The Federal Bureau of Investigation in the District of Columbia has not confirmed the existence of the investigation and said there was no comment.
Trump's documentary filmmaker's lawyer states that there was a "contradiction" between Ivanka Trump's testimony and the film crew
British filmmaker Alex Holder, who interviewed Trump and his family for a documentary during the re-election bid for the former president, was in a closed room with the elected committee on Thursday. To the panel who met and told reporters after his deposit that he had flipped all the footage requested.
According to the New York Times, Ivanka Trumpshould tell the film crewin mid-December 2020 that the former president "continues to fight until all legal remedies are exhausted." He said. Her testimony to the special committee. CBS News has confirmed the Times account.
In an interview with a house investigator presented at a previous hearing, Ivanka Trump "accepted" the conclusion of then-lawyer Bill Barr that there was no widespread fraud in the 2020 elections. ".
Holder's lawyer, Russell Smith, said there was a "contradiction" in Ivanka Trump's remarks.
"That's why we're working with the Commission, and they can determine if there was perjury or something less," Smith said. Told to.
Rosen tells the Commission's argument that elections have been stolen and fraud is "wrong"
Former acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen, who took over after William Barr announced his resignation, told the Commission: According to his statement obtained by CBS News, "The 2020 Elections". This reflects what Barr told the committee, and the video was shown at a previous hearing.
"We also argued that there must be an orderly and peaceful transfer of power under the Constitution," Rosen says. "Especially during my tenure, we did not appoint a special counsel and did not send letters to states or state legislators who disagree with the election results. Also, the elections are corrupt and overturned. We did not make a public statement that we should. We have filed or participated in other lawsuits and questioned the legitimacy of our elections and institutions. "
2020 Some argued to Trump and the public that the elections of the year were "corrupted and stolen," but Rosen said, "At that time, that view was wrong. Today is wrong. Today we are here today. I hope you have. It will help you reaffirm that fact. ”
January 6, 2020 Hearings Focusing on Promoting DOJ's Trump to Overturn Focus on former President Donald Trump's efforts to influence the Justice Department to overturn the election results. Trinity Chavez of CBS News will participate in "CBS News Morning" in preview.
The January 6th Commission will hold its fifth hearing today, focusing on Trump's Justice Ministry. Held
House A select committee investigating the January 6th Capitol riots will hold its fifth hearing today. Witnesses are expected to focus on how former President Trump tried to use the Justice Department to reinforce his attempt to overturn the 2020 presidential election. CBS News Parliamentary correspondent Nikole Killion joins Anne-Marie Green and Errol Barnett's anchors to elaborate on the Commission's ongoing investigation.
January 6 The panel hears from former DOJ staff
Of the House of Representatives House Committee to investigate the attack Convened for the fifth hearing on Tuesday. Parliamentarians will focus on former President Trump's pressure campaign against the Justice Department to overturn the 2020 elections. It comes because the commission is also set up to meet documentary filmmakers who have new footage from inside the Trump White House. Highest Elections and Election Correspondent Robert Costa reports.
Thompson states that he has "redoed" the Mobrooks subpoena
House January 6 Chairman Benny Thompson told reporters Wednesday night that he had "redoed" the panel's subpoena to Republican Rep. Mo Brooks in Alabama. The Commission was unable to serve Brooks and the subpoena expired.
Brooks is one of the five Republicans summoned in May 2021 and has not been successfully served.
On Tuesday night, Brooks lost to Trump-backed Katie Britt in the Alabama Senate Republican primary. Trump denied Brooks, who had previously received Trump's support.
— Eriskim and Caroline Lynton
Thompson states that Ginni Thomas has requested to speak to her at the request of the Commission
Commission Chairman. Benny Thompson told reporters Wednesday that Ginny Thomas, wife of Judge Clarence Thomas of the Supreme Court, had responded to their request to speak to her, but Thompson did not elaborate further.
"Well, she answered our letter, and we look forward to her continued engagement with her," Thompson said.
He said the Commission had not decided on the form in which she would testify.
— Eriskim and Caroline Lynton
Thompson states that the next two hearings will be held in July
Chairman Benny Thompson said on Wednesday that the next two hearings will be held. Said that it is likely to be held in July. Break on July 4th.
According to Thompson, the commission received "additional information" from documentary filmmaker Alex Holder and adjusted the schedule after receiving additional work from the National Archives. Thompson also left the possibility for the Commission to add more hearings.
"Now we have to see what the document review tells us," he said.
Commission member Jamie Ruskin told reporters Wednesday that the Commission initially wanted to hold a hearing in June, but said, "Since we started. There is a lot of new evidence. "
"And we need to take a breath, look for new evidence and incorporate it into our planned hearing," Ruskin said.
Mr. Thompson said the Commission would "probably" have the Justice Department review the materials it had collected, but only after the Commission had finished.
"We keep documents," Thompson said. "As you know, they are our product. If they have the opportunity to come, sit and review, I think that's what we can solve."
—Electoral College and Caroline Lynton
4th House January 6th Commission hearing focuses on threats to "fake voters" and civil servants during the Trump pressure campaign
January 6, 2021, to the US Capitol House Selection Committee investigating the attack At a hearing on Tuesday, President Donald Trump and his allies tried to overturn the state's election results, threatening state legislators, electoral colleges, and Arizona and Georgia workers. I explained in detail about.
The Commission is an ordinary American on Tuesday promoting the "big lie" that President and Rudolph Giuliani officials and Trump won the election. The ability of these Americans to withstand that pressure has come at great personal sacrifice.
"Our democracy was maintained because the brave people we heard today took a vow to the Constitution rather than loyalty to a man," said Adam, a member of the Commission.・ Rep. Schiff said. "The system has been maintained, but barely remains a problem. Will it be maintained again?"
At the hearing, Trump and his allies in Arizona were well-meaning Biden voters. Planned to replace with a fake voter. Fake voters gathered in Arizona, and Arizona Speaker Russell Bowers called it a "tragic parody." Bowers refused to be involved in the fake voter program being promoted by Giuliani.
The text presented by Schiff revealed that Wisconsin Republican Senator Ron Johnson may also have been involved in the planning of a fake electoral college. The text between Johnson's Chief of Staff and Pence's aide showed that Johnson's aide had informed Pence's aide that the Senator was ready to deliver fraudulent ballots to Pence. .. "Don't give it to him," replied Pence's aide.
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The third committee hearing on January 6 focuses on Trump's attempt to push Pence in to overturn the election results
The House Commission investigating the January 6 attack on the State Capitol said a campaign by President Donald Trump to pressure former Vice President Mike Pence to refuse elections on Thursday. I heard testimony from Pence's aides who said the president's efforts to overturn the 2020 elections were meaningless and "non-American."
"Mike Pence said no. He resisted the pressure. He knew it was illegal, he knew it was wrong." Chairman Benny Thompson said he would hold a third day of hearings investigating the parliamentary attack. "We are fortunate to have Mr. Pence's courage on January 6th. Our democracy is in danger of a catastrophe."
Hearing Thursday Former Pence lawyer Greg Jacob and the highly respected conservative J. Two Pence advisors from Michael Lutig appeared directly. A legal scholar and a retired federal judge who advised Pence in the aftermath of the 2020 elections. The Commission also showed tape footage of interviews with Pence's staff chief Mark Short and other aides.
The testimony is that Pence and his closest aide to Trump and his allies, a theory promoted by a conservative lawyer John Eastmanargued that the Vice President should reject or replace the voter slate alone, but on the basis of constitutional or federal law.
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Second House January 6th Committee Hearing examines Trump's false election allegations at the hearing
House January 6 The Commission has focused its second hearing on the closest people premature to declare victory on the night of the 2020 elections. To former President Donald Trump, who said there was, and how Trump used his premature victory declaration to push forward the unfounded allegations that the election was stolen.
Commission shows video testimony from senior officials in the Trump administration, saying that former Vice President Mike Pence and the White House recognize that there is no evidence to support Trump's allegations of fraudulent elections. Stated.
Former Attorney General William Barr is a recorded video testimony that the initial claim that Trump won the election was " "Fake" and "stupid."
"In fact, when we receive certain credible fraud allegations, the department convinces itself that they have no merit. We made an effort to investigate these, "Barr said in a recorded testimony.
Chairman Benny Thompson said in his opening remarks, "I knew how Donald Trump lost the election and he lost the election . As a result, his defeat has decided to make an attack on our democracy, an attack on the American people, by trying to steal your voice in our democracy. His supporters. A crowd of people attacked the Capitol. "
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House The January 6th Commission will hold a hearing with videos and executive testimonies never seen before. }January 6 Attack on the US Capitol is a series of hearings using unprecedented footage and clips from that day's attack. The first hearing of the video-recorded testimony from several people, including former President Donald Trump's orbiting daughter Ivanka Trump.
Chairman Bennie Thompson and Vice-Chairman Liz Cheneyare the opening remarks, believed by Trump administration officials themselves. I elaborated on the numbers that did not exist. Unfounded allegations of the former president of the stolen election.
Former Attorney General William Barr, for example, in his testimony to the Commission on January 6th, an election stolen by Trump "Bullish **" Ivanka Trump said he "trusted" that there was no fraud because he respected the bar.
Chainy and Thompson called this event a "conspiracy" and pointed out how many people were involved. In fact, Chainy said there were Republicans seeking amnesty for their actions on January 6.
Witnesses includedParliament police officerEdwards suffered a traumatic brain injury during the assault, which also included Caroline.
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