The hearing is expected to reveal in detail how then-President Donald Trump “made a huge effort to spread false and fraudulent information,” although Trump and his advisers knew he had in fact lost the election, according to the deputy chairman. the commission. Liz Cheney, a Wyoming Republican, outlined Thursday what the commission plans to reveal during its seven hearings in June.
Monday’s hearing will include testimony from conservative Republican election lawyer Ben Ginsberg and former Trump campaign manager Bill Stipien, according to a press release.
Additional testimonies are expected from BJ Pack, a former U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Georgia, and Al Schmid, a former Philadelphia commissioner.
Chris Steeworth, a former Fox political editor who was fired from the web in January 2021 after a right-wing reaction to Fox’s call for Arizona for then-candidate Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election, will also appear as witness.
Monday’s presentation will be followed by the committee’s first prime-time hearing last week, which includes a carefully crafted chronology of events leading up to Jan. 6, emotional testimony from a Capitol police officer wounded in the riots, and unprecedented footage. During the hearing, she revealed that Ivanka Trump, the daughter of the former president and former senior White House adviser, told the committee she respected former Attorney General William Barr and “accepted” his statement that there had not been enough fraud. voters to cancel the 2020 election. In his own recorded testimony before the commission, Bar said the former president’s allegations of voter fraud were “nonsense.” Trump publicly rejected his daughter’s testimony, writing on his social media platform Truth Social: “Ivanka Trump did not participate in watching or studying the election results. She had given up a long time ago and I think she was just trying to respect Bill Bar and his position as Attorney General (he sucked!)
CNN previously reported that the commission plans to reveal a number of its findings during hearings in June.
What time is the hearing scheduled to begin?
Monday’s hearing will begin at 10 a.m. ET.
Where will it take place?
The hearings will take place in the Cannon House office building.
Where can I watch it?
The hearing will be broadcast live on CNN, and the live broadcast will be broadcast on CNN.com without requiring entry. The special coverage of the CNN hearing will be broadcast live on the CNN app, and the live coverage with updates will be on CNN.com and cnnespanol.cnn.com.
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