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Discussion Thread: House Jan 6 Public Hearings, Day 2 - 06/13/2022 at 10 am ET
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Discussion Thread: House Jan 6 Public Hearings, Day 2 - 06/13/2022 at 10 am ET

Posted: 13 Jun 2022 05:05 AM PDT

The House Jan. 6 Select Committee's public hearings on the Capitol Insurrection continues this morning from 10 am ET. Today's focus will be on how former president Trump and his advisors knowingly lied about winning the election and spread baseless claims of fraud, dubbed the "Big Lie". The Committee has said it will address how the Big Lie was connected to the attack on the Capitol, as well as how Trump's political apparatus exploited stolen election claims for fundraising, "bringing in hundreds of millions of dollars between Election Day 2020 and January 6".

Today's Witnesses:

William Stepien, former Trump campaign manager
Chris Stirewalt, former Fox News political director, whose team correctly called Arizona for Biden, and who was ousted from the network shortly afterwards
Ben Ginsberg, Republican election lawyer
B.J. Pak, former US attorney for the Northern District of Georgia, who resigned after a phone call of Trump pressuring state officials to find votes for him was leaked
Al Schmidt, Republican former Philadelphia City Commissioner

Live Streams:

Jan 6 Committee: https://youtu.be/pr5QUInmGI8
PBS Newshour: https://youtu.be/jblC2Ooog2U
C-SPAN: https://www.c-span.org/video/?520804-1/

Recap: Day 1 Thread | Jan 6 Committee Recap | PBS Transcript | NPR Writeup

Update: The Jan 6 Committee has announced that William Stepien is unable to testify today due to "a family emergency". Expected start time is also delayed by 30-45 minutes.

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The "What happened in your state last week?" Megathread, Week 24

Posted: 13 Jun 2022 11:54 AM PDT

Welcome to the 'What happened in your state last week' thread, where you can post any local political news stories that you find important in the comments. This is a weekly thread posted every Monday, in order to facilitate more discussion on local issues on /r/politics. Since this is intended to be a thread about local politics, top-level comments that are exclusively about national issues will not be allowed. When commenting, please include the state you're living in, and don't forget to link sources. Also, please actually describe what happened. Things like "I live in X, you know what happened", "Nothing happened" or "[Politician] continues to be an idiot" isn't helpful to users and will be removed.

If someone from your state made a news round-up that you think is insufficient, feel free to comment to that round-up with further news stories. Enjoy discussion, and review our civility guidelines before engaging with others.

Hi there, /r/politics. Because this thread is about local politics, I'd like to reiterate that news about President Biden or any other national political figure is off topic in this thread and will be removed. Thank you, and have a good week.

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Trump Scammed Supporters Out of $250 Million for Nonexistent Fraud Fund

Posted: 13 Jun 2022 12:07 PM PDT