Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., delivered a closing statement on June 16 as the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack presented its findings to the public.
“An honorable man receiving the information and advice that Mr. Trump received from his campaign experts and his staff – a man who loved his country more than himself – would have conceded the election,” Cheney said at the end of the third hearing. “Indeed, we know that a number of President Trump’s closest aides urged him to do so. This committee will address all of these issues in greater detail in the coming weeks.”
The hearing is part of a series of several planned by the Jan. 6 committee that focused on Trump’s efforts to pressure former Vice President Mike Pence to reject Congress’ official count of Electoral College votes on the day of the attack. In the year since its creation, the committee has conducted more than 1,000 interviews, seeking critical information and documents from people witness to, or involved in, the violence that day. The committee postponed a hearing scheduled for June 15 that was meant to focus on Trump’s efforts to replace Attorney General Bill Barr, who did not support his claims of voter fraud after the election.
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