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CNN reports: Rusty Bowers, a Republican and Arizona state House speaker, will testify at a Tuesday hearing focusing on former President Donald Trump’s pressure on state officials to overturn Joe Biden’s victory in 2020,. Bowers will join Georgia’s election officials — Brad Raffensperger and Gabe Sterling — who will be part of a panel before the January 6 committee detailing …

The Hill reports: Former President Trump said on Friday that he would look “very, very seriously” at pardoning those charged in connection with storming the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, if he ran for and became president again. Trump said the defendants charged in the Capitol riot were “having their lives totally destroyed and being treated worse than terrorists and …

Georgia Public Radio reports: Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and his top deputy Gabriel Sterling will testify at Tuesday’s hearing of the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol, to shine more light on one of the more brazen attempts to overturn the 2020 election. Raffensperger famously rebuffed former President Donald Trump’s …

“Mike Pence had a chance to be great. He had a chance to be frankly historic. “But just like Bill Barr and the rest of these weak people, Mike, and I say it sadly ‘cause I like him, but Mike did not have the courage to act. “The election was perfect. And the Democrats are sitting back, saying ‘No way,we’re …

From the world’s most famous liar: Such LIES & MISREPRESENTATIONS by the Unselects, and absolutely nobody allowed to challenge what is being said. As an example, I never suggested to V.P. Pence to “overturn” the Election (although Thomas Jefferson “took” the Georgia votes), but that he send the votes back to the various Legislatures so that they could determine if …

The Insider reports: Former White House aides testified to the January 6 committee that former President Donald Trump made a profanity-laden call to then-Vice President Mike Pence on the morning of January 6, 2021. “I remember hearing the word ‘wimp’. Either he called him a wimp — I don’t remember if he said, ‘you are a wimp, you’ll be a …

Mediaite reports: The third day of January 6 hearings included a stunning revelation that lawyer John Eastman emailed Rudy Giuliani to request a pardon from then-President Donald Trump. Rep. Pete Aguilar (D-CA), the committee member then leading the hearing, brought up an email from Eastman to Giuliani, in which Eastman “requested he be included on a list of recipients of …

Raw Story reports: MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell revealed on Thursday that he was enraged and “slammed” his computer during a video call after a Walmart executive vowed to never sell his bedding products again. Lindell first told his audience on Wednesday that Walmart had canceled future MyPillow orders. During a Thursday appearance with conservative podcaster Steve Bannon, Lindell detailed the …

NBC News reports: The House Select Committee aired footage showing a deposition with Eastman, who repeatedly invoked his Fifth Amendment right in response to questions. When asked whether he had told Trump that then-Vice President Pence could move to reject electors from seven states, Eastman replied with one word: “Fifth.” “Dr. Eastman pled the Fifth a hundred times,” Rep. Pete …

NPR reports: The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol will hold its next hearing at 1 p.m. ET on Thursday, focusing on how Trump pressured Pence not to count lawful electoral votes. In a video previewing the hearing, Rep. Liz Cheney, the top GOP panel member, said Thursday’s hearing would present Trump’s “relentless effort” to …

The New York Daily News reports: Rudy Giuliani Tuesday deleted tweets insisting he was not drunk at the White House on Election Night and bitterly attacking fellow Trump aides who said he was. “I REFUSED all alcohol that evening,” Giuliani tweeted. “My favorite drink..Diet Pepsi.” He deleted the tweet hours later without any explanation. The ex-mayor blasted senior Trump adviser …

Axios reports: Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) said Thursday’s Jan. 6 hearing will focus on former President Trump’s efforts to pressure former Vice President Mike Pence into overturning the results of the 2020 presidential election. Cheney, the vice-chair of the Jan. 6 committee, said in a newly-released video that the hearing will spotlight Trump’s “relentless efforts” to convince Pence to refuse …

CNN reports: The House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, riot at the US Capitol has postponed its hearing scheduled for Wednesday. The next hearing is scheduled for Thursday afternoon. Democratic Rep. Zoe Lofgren of California, a member of the committee, told reporters that the reason for the rescheduling was due to “technical issues” and “not a big deal.” …

Mediaite reports: Ari Melber thinks former President Donald Trump is trying to use the “Costanza defense” when he repeats the big lie that the 2020 election was stolen from him. The MSNBC host referenced a 1995 episode of Seinfeld, where Jerry is scheduled to take a polygraph test after saying he doesn’t watch Melrose Place. Jerry’s love interest at the …

The Hill reports: Former President Trump on Monday issued a 12-page rebuttal to testimony and evidence presented by a House committee investigating the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, accusing Democrats of seeking to distract from a series of domestic issues facing the country. One section of Trump’s statement focuses on ballot trafficking claims, for which he cites the Dinesh …

CNN reports: More than $5 million went to Event Strategies Inc., the company that ran President Trump’s Jan. 6 rally on the ellipse that preceded the attack on the Capitol, according to the committee. Also among the groups that received donations from Trump’s newly-created PAC was the Conservative Partnership Institute, a political organization led by former White House chief of …

MSNBC reports: As one former Trump campaign staffer told the bipartisan congressional committee, “I don’t believe there is actually a fund called the ‘Election Defense Fund.'” And where, pray tell, did this quarter of a billion dollars go? Some of the money helped pay for Trump’s pre-riot rally just south of the White House on Jan. 6, but the bulk …

The Independent reports: Donald Trump’s presidential campaign raised $250 million from supporters by telling them the money would be used to fight voter fraud, but the campaign knew those claims of fraud were bogus and instead diverted the money to his own political organisation, the House committee investigating the January 6 attacked claimed on Monday. Mr Trump’s campaign sent millions …

When is Rudy Giuliani NOT shitfaced? Trump campaign senior adviser Jason Miller told the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack at the U.S. Capitol that Trump campaign lawyer and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani was drunk on election night. “Was there anyone in that conversation who in your observation had had too much to drink?” a committee …

NBC News reports: Barr said Trump told him the report showed “absolute proof the Dominion machines were rigged,” a favorite post-election claim of voter fraud Trump spread. “The report means that I’m going to have a second term,” Barr said Trump told him before handing him a copy of the report. “And as he talked more and more about it, …