Jan. 6 committee hearing focuses on Trump's pressure on state election officials

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The hearing opened with chilling accounts of the barrage of attacks facing local elected officials, mostly Republicans.

The U.S. Capitol insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021, has been described as the worst attack on American democracy since the Civil War.

While the committee cannot charge Trump with any crimes, the Justice Department is watching the panel's work closely. Trump's actions in Georgia are also the subject of a grand jury investigation, with the district attorney expected to announce findings this year. The public testimony from Raffensperger came weeks after he appeared before a special grand jury in Georgia investigating whether Trump and others illegally tried to intervene in the state's 2020 election, and after Raffensperger beat a Trump-backed challenger in last month's primary election.

Moss, who had worked for the Fulton County elections department since 2012, and her mother, Ruby Freeman, a temporary election worker, filed a defamation lawsuit in December 2021. Moss claimed conservative outlet One America News Network and Giuliani falsely spread allegations that she and her mother engaged in ballot fraud during the election. The case against OAN has since been dismissed with a settlement.

 

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I'M VERY UPSET with ABC13 Houston news. You showed Shaye Moss saying she was sorry-SO MISLEADING-she was sorry for working there and putting her family thru hell. She DID NOTHING wrong. You misled public-very upset with your professionalism, or lack of. You should be ashamed.

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