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News Articles: January 6 Committee

Video showing an interview of former acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen is played during a hearing by the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol in the Cannon House Office Building on June 13, 2022, in Washington, D.C.

Who you'll hear from and what to expect in today's Jan. 6 House committee hearing

In its fifth hearing, the select committee investigating the insurrection will outline Trump's pressure on Department of Justice officials to overturn the 2020 election in his favor.

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  • Deepa Shivaram
Wandrea Moss and Ruby Hunt

Political Rewind: Abrams and Dems win big; Trump-backed candidates lose; Shaye Moss' testimony

Wednesday on Political Rewind: Stacey Abrams' three endorsed candidates win their runoffs. Plus, Trump-endorsed candidates lose races, a sign that state Republicans are moving away from the former president. Meanwhile, the Jan. 6 committee hearing featured compelling testimony from Georgians.

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Rep. Elaine Luria, D-Va., greets Wandrea "Shaye" Moss, a former Georgia election worker, after she testified at the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection on Tuesday as committee members Reps. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., and Jamie Raskin, D-Md., wait their turn.

Shaye Moss staffed an election office in Georgia. Then she was targeted by Trump

Former Georgia election worker Shaye Moss testified at the Jan. 6 committee hearing Tuesday about the attacks she and her family received when Trump and Giuliani targeted them with false accusations.

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  • Deepa Shivaram
Committee members from left, Rep. Pete Aguilar, D-Calif., Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., listen as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol continues to reveal its findings of a year-long investigation on Tuesday.

Here's every word from the fourth Jan. 6 committee hearing on its investigation

Read the full transcript from the June 21 hearing from the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.

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  • GPB Newsroom
brad raffensperger

Political Rewind: Runoff elections; Raffensperger to testify to Jan. 6 committee

Tuesday on Political Rewind: Statewide runoff elections might demonstrate just how much power Trump has in Georgia. Brad Raffensperger is expected to testify in front of the January 6th committee today, alongside a Fulton County election worker accused of fraud by Trump allies.

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Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger gives an afternoon update on the Georgia Primary Election at the election command center in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. May 24, 2022. REUTERS/Alyssa Pointer

Raffensperger, Sterling will headline Tuesday's Jan. 6 hearings

Former President Donald Trump's call to "find" votes in Georgia is expected to be a focus.

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John Eastman, left, listens as former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani speaks at the Jan. 6, 2021, "Save America" rally that preceded the attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Who is John Eastman, the Trump lawyer at the center of the Jan. 6 investigation?

The former law professor's name came up a number or times during the Jan. 6 investigation committee's hearing on Trump's pressure to get his vice president to overturn the 2020 election.

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  • Deepa Shivaram
John Eastman, left, listens as former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani speaks at the Jan. 6, 2021, "Save America" rally that preceded the attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Who is John Eastman, the Trump lawyer at the center of the Jan. 6 investigation?

The former law professor's name came up a number or times during the Jan. 6 investigation committee's hearing on Trump's pressure to get his vice president to overturn the 2020 election.

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  • Deepa Shivaram
A committee exhibit shows former Vice President Mike Pence on the phone from his secure location during the riot, as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol holds a hearing in Washington, Thursday, June 16, 2022. (Drew Angerer/Pool Photo via AP)

Here's every word of the third Jan. 6 committee hearing on its investigation

Read the full transcript from the June 16 hearing of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.

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  • GPB Newsroom
A committee exhibit shows former Vice President Mike Pence on the phone from his secure location during the riot, as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol holds a hearing in Washington, Thursday, June 16, 2022. (Drew Angerer/Pool Photo via AP)

Here's every word of the third Jan. 6 committee hearing on its investigation

Read the full transcript from the June 16 hearing of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.

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  • GPB Newsroom
After violent protesters loyal to President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, Vice President Mike Pence leads senators to the House chamber to continue the joint session of the House and Senate and count the Electoral College votes cast in November's election.

The Jan. 6 committee is meeting Thursday. Here's what to expect

The panel's third meeting this month will focus on how former President Trump pressured former Vice President Mike Pence not to count lawful electoral votes. The hearing starts at 1 p.m. ET.

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  • Maya Rosenberg
A tour group led by Rep. Barry Loudermilk includes at least one person present outside the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

Political Rewind: Loudermilk under scrutiny; Abrams blasts Kemp for receiving Daniel Defense funds

Thursday on Political Rewind: The January 6th Committee wants to talk to Rep. Barry Loudermilk of Georgia about a tour he led on the 5th. Plus, Abrams calls out Daniel Defense's campaign donations to Kemp. Meanwhile, Fox News featured only one candidate in the 2nd Congressional District race.

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A clip of former President Donald Trump is played during a hearing of the House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack on Monday.

The Jan. 6 committee says the Trump campaign ripped off donors. But was it illegal?

Rep. Zoe Lofgren said Monday the Trump campaign took $250 million in donations but didn't use it for the legal defense funding it claimed to need it for.

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  • Deepa Shivaram
Security forces block the entrance after the U.S. President Donald Trump's supporters breached the US Capitol security in Washington D.C., United States on January 06, 2021. Pro-Trump rioters stormed the US Capitol as lawmakers were set to sign off Wednesday on President-elect Joe Biden's electoral victory in what was supposed to be a routine process headed to Inauguration Day. Photo by Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

WATCH: Jan. 6 committee hearings - Day 3

With gripping testimony, the panel is laying out in step by step fashion how Trump ignored his own campaign team's data as one state after another flipped to Joe Biden, and instead latched on to conspiracy theories.

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  • Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press|Eric Tucker, Associated Press|Kevin Freking, Associated Press
Former Fox News digital politics editor Chris Stirewalt is sworn in to testify as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol continues hearings in Washington on Monday.

Here's every word of the second Jan. 6 committee hearing on its investigation

The committee showed clips of former Trump campaign officials saying they told the then-president that things were going badly on election night but he chose to claim victory and charge fraud.

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  • GPB Newsroom