At Jan. 6 hearing, GOP state election officials detail pushback to Trump's pressure

The committee said he was directly involved in the 'fake electors" scheme.

ByLibby Cathey and Alexandra Hutzler
Last Updated: August 4, 2022, 5:33 PM EDT

The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol held another hearing Tuesday on the pressure campaign it says former President Donald Trump and allies put on state election officials as part of a larger "seven-part scheme" to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

Here is how the hearing unfolded:

Jun 21, 2022, 11:42 AM EDT

What to expect at Tuesday's hearing

The committee's afternoon hearing will focus on what it says was then-President Donald Trump's "unprecedented" effort to push key state officials to reject the election results and his central role in the plot to create "fake" slates of electors to overturn Joe Biden's victory.

An image of former President Donald Trump is displayed during the third hearing of the US House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the US Capitol, June 16, 2022.
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Trump "drove a pressure campaign bases on lies" about the election, an aide told reporters on a briefing call Monday, and was "warned that his actions risked inciting violence" but "did it anyway."

Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., will lead the 1 p.m. ET hearing that the aide said will reveal new information obtained by the committee detailing Trump's involvement and feature live witness testimony from Arizona and Georgia officials.

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