Multiple witnesses testify today before the Jan. 6 House panel — this time focusing on Trump's lies about election fraud in 2020. Here's what to expect 👇
An image of a mock gallows on the grounds of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, is shown at a House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol hearing.Two panels of in-person witnesses will testify publicly before the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S.
And they said the committee will present a"great deal" of new information — chiefly in the forms of records and depositions.In announcing that Stepien would not testify Monday morning, the committee said his counsel will appear instead and make a statement. Video clips of Stepien's previous testimony to the committee will be played at the hearing, a source familiar with the situation told NPR.
On the second panel is veteran GOP election lawyer Ben Ginsberg, who was outspoken against Trump's election lies even before the 2020 vote. He will testify with BJay Pak, the former U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Georgia who abruptly resigned following the leak of the recorded phone call in which Trump pressured state officials in Georgia to"find" enough votes to overturn President Biden's victory there. During the call, Trump referred to a"never-Trump U.S.