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Jan. 6 committee holds fifth hearing
- Today's hearing before the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection is focusing on former President Donald rump and his allies' pressure campaign on the Justice Department to intervene in the 2020 election.
- Three high-ranking DOJ officials who rejected requests from members of the rump administration to investigate baseless claims of voter fraud will testify.
- While the panel can’t bring legal charges against rump, its central mission has been to uncover the full scope of his attempt to stop the transfer of power and connect his efforts to the violence at the Capitol.
- The Justice Department would ultimately need to be the one to decide whether to bring criminal charges.
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Re: Jan. 6 committee holds fifth hearing
Today's proceedings featured testimony from three lawyers who described behind-the-scenes happenings at the Justice Department and White House.
It was a departure from Tuesday's and earlier hearings, which featured emotional testimony from election workers, and included jarring video montages of the carnage at the Capitol.But even if there weren't rhetorical fireworks, the substance of the testimony was essential to understanding the breadth the rump's efforts to subvert the 2020 election.
The former Justice Department officials described what they saw and heard as the rump tried to enlist them to help him stay in power -- and how he tried to oust them when they refused to do his bidding.
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