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Pence aides detail Trump effort to overturn election results at Jan. 6 committee hearing
BY MELISSA QUINN, KATHRYN WATSON, STEFAN BECKET, CAITLIN YILEK
UPDATED ON: JUNE 17, 2022
Washington — The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol turned its attention to former President Donald Trump's campaign to pressure former Vice President Mike Pence to reject electoral votes on Thursday, hearing testimony from close Pence aides who said the president's efforts to overturn the 2020 election were nonsensical and "un-American."
"Mike Pence said no. He resisted the pressure. He knew it was illegal, he knew it was wrong," Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson said to open the third day of hearings examining the Capitol attack. "We are fortunate for Mr. Pence's courage on January 6. Our democracy came dangerously close to catastrophe."
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Pence aides detail Trump effort to overturn election results at Jan. 6 committee hearing
Lawmakers turned their focus to former President Donald Trump's campaign to pressure former Vice President Mike Pence to reject electoral votes at the third day of hearings.www.cbsnews.com
That was only one facet of Trump's multi-pronged plans to overturn the election he lost. Here's another one...
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Sidney Powell Drags Justice Alito and Supreme Court into January 6 Mess
Nancy Pelosi "had to speed up reconvening Congress to get the vote going before Justice Alito might have issued an injunction to stop it all," Powell said.
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