A parade of Republican state officials from around the country told the Jan. 6 Special Committee on Tuesday how Trump tried to pressure them to overturn election results, including sending Trump supporters to officials’ homes, waving weapons and shouting insults and threats of violence.
The committee kicked off Day 4 with chairman Rep. Bennie Thompson focusing on the ongoing damage from the Capitol Riot – saying the evidence would show that death treats against Mike Pence weren’t “an isolated scheme to overturn the election” and suggesting the Trump election lie is “now corrupting our democratic institutions.”
The morning session focused on a Trump campaign effort to muster “fake electors” to send to Washington – even they knew it wasn’t legally sound.