The Jan. 6th committee is set to plunge into Donald Trump's last-ditch effort to salvage the 2020 election by pressuring Vice President Mike Pence to reject the electoral count.
WASHINGTON -- The Jan. 6th committee is set to plunge into Donald Trump's last-ditch effort to salvage the 2020 election by pressuring Vice President Mike Pence to reject the electoral count — powers Pence didn't have — in the run-up to the U.S. Capitol riot.
"The illegality of the plan was obvious," the Jan. 6 panel said in a court filing against Eastman. Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., committee co-chair, said in her opening statement last week:"What President Trump demanded that Mike Pence do wasn't just wrong, it was illegal and it was unconstitutional." The session is expected to show how Trump's pressure on Pence"directly contributed" to the attack on the Capitol, according to a committee aide who insisted on anonymity to discuss the upcoming hearing.
The panel is reconvening for a third hearing this month after a blockbuster prime-time start last week, followed by logistical setbacks in recent days. Monday's key witness, former Trump campaign manager Bill Stepien, abruptly declined to appear in person because his wife was in labor with their child. Wednesday's scheduled hearing with witnesses from the Justice Department who tried to convince Trump that his claims of voter fraud were just not true was postponed.
With 1,000 interviews and reams of 140,000 documents, the committee is connecting the dots, showing how Trump's false claims of election fraud became a battle cry as he summoned thousands of Americans to Washington for a Jan. 6 rally and then sent them to Capitol Hill to"fight like hell" for his presidency.
The committee in hearings ahead will be delving into the roles of extremist groups and others who heeded Trump's call to Washington. Leaders and others from the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys face Several members of Congress are also under scrutiny, including Rep. Barry Loudermilk, R-Ga., whom the committee has asked for an interview to discuss a Capitol tour he gave that included basement tunnels to a group of people the day before the attack.
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