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HEADLINE: January 6 Investigators: Trump Pressured Election Officials in Key States
TEASER: ‘No evidence’ of election fraud in Georgia, Arizona to justify Trump claims
PUBLISHED AT: 06/21/2022
BYLINE: Katherine Gypson
PRODUCERS: Katherine Gypson,
DATELINE: Washington
VIDEOGRAPHER: Adam Greenbaum
SCRIPT EDITORS: Jepsen, cobus
VIDEO SOURCE (S): AP, VOA, Pool
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((INTRO)) [[U.S. lawmakers’ investigation into the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol resumed Tuesday, with a public hearing that examined former President Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn state election results. As VOA’s congressional correspondent Katherine Gypson explains, investigators are arguing Trump’s false claims directly led to the deadly attack.]]
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Before former President Donald Trump’s supporters rioted at the U.S. Capitol — attempting to overturn the 2020 election results — Trump spent weeks pressuring election officials.
((Open for nat of Trump in audio recording saying “I just want to find 11,780 votes - which is one more than we have” in AP US Capitol Riot Raffensperger Trump Call-SOT 11))
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In their fourth public hearing, investigators said Trump tried to change votes in several key states after he lost election challenges in U.S. courts.
((Rep. Bennie Thompson, Democrat))
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“A handful of election officials in several key states stood between Donald Trump and the upending of American democracy."
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Trump has criticized the investigation, arguing that the committee’s work is not fair or balanced despite the presence of two Republicans, both of whom voted to impeach him.
((Donald Trump, Former President))
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“It's a one-way street. It's a rigged deal. It's a disgrace. And it's never happened in the history of our country where we didn't have any, we have no representation.”
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But Arizona Speaker of the House Rusty Bowers — who voted for Trump in the election — testified the president pressured him to overturn the results through his lawyer Rudy Giuliani.
((Rusty Bowers, Arizona Speaker of the House))
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“He said 'We've got lots of theories. We just don't have the evidence.'”
((Rep. Adam Schiff, Democrat))
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“Did anyone provide you with evidence of election fraud sufficient to affect the outcome of the presidential election in Arizona?"
((Rusty Bowers, Arizona Speaker of the House))
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"No one provided me ever such evidence."
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In Georgia, Trump alleged dead people and undocumented immigrants voted and he pushed officials to change the results so that Joe Biden did not win.
((Brad Raffensperger, Georgia Secretary of State))
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"The numbers were the numbers, and we could not recalculate because we had made sure that we had checked every single allegation and we had many investigations.”
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The committee’s investigators said Trump’s lies had a human cost on election workers who faced death threats after he alleged they falsified ballots.
((Donald Trump, Former President))
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“We had them counted … they only 18,000 voters having to do with Ruby Freeman. That's, she's a vote scammer, a professional vote scammer and hustler."
((Ruby Freeman, Former Georgia Election Worker))
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“Do you know how it feels to have the president of the United States target you? The president of the United States is supposed to represent every American, not to target one.”
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Intimidation, investigators say, is a threat to the future of American democracy.
((Rep. Adam Schiff, Democrat))
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“If you can convince Americans that they cannot trust their own elections, that anytime they lose, it is somehow illegitimate, then what is left but violence to determine who should govern?"
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The committee will hold another hearing Thursday, looking at Trump’s efforts to pressure the U.S. Justice Department into changing election results.
((Katherine Gypson, VOA News, Washington))
NewsML Media TopicsArts, Culture, Entertainment and Media
NetworkVOA
Embargo DateJune 21, 2022 20:50 EDT
BylineKatherine Gypson
Brand / Language ServiceVoice of America - English
