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MSNBC, June 16, 2022 (07:33)
MSNBC – June 16, 2022 (07:33)
Rachel Maddow outlines how witnesses at the third January 6th hearing made clear that Donald Trump lawyer John Eastman recognized that his plan to negate the outcome of the election would lead to violence but did not see that as a disqualifying consequence.
Here are four takeaways of what we learned during the hearing:
1. Had Pence not rebuffed the pressure, the country would have been thrown into chaos.
2. The pressure came from the top.
3. The pressure on Pence continued even after the riot.
4. The committee began to lay out potential criminal liability for Eastman – and possibly Trump.
CNN’s Manu Raju reports on the third day of public hearings in the House select committee’s January 6 investigation, featuring testimony from Greg Jacob, former counsel for former Vice President Mike Pence, and retired federal judge J. Michael Luttig
June 16, 2022 – 1:00 pm (ET)
The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack will hold its third public hearing June 16, focused on former President Donald 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. The hearing is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. ET on Thursday, June 16. The vice president is charged with overseeing the Electoral College vote count — already certified by individual states — in a joint session of Congress following a presidential election. Trump called on Pence repeatedly to reject the results confirming President Joe Biden’s win, telling supporters in a rally hours before the attack that “it will be a sad day for the country” if his vice president did not come through. Pence said in a statement after the speech he did not have the constitutional authority to do what the president asked. Some rioters began chanting “hang Mike Pence.” Committee member Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., said at the start of the hearings that upon hearing this, Trump said “maybe our supporters have the right idea.” 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. Members of the committee said this week they thought they had evidence to indict Trump for seeking to overturn the results of the 2020 election, which they will lay out as part of several public hearings this month.
