Hey gang, it's Read Again. This is a special presentation of the third public hearing from the House

Select Committee on January 6, which originally aired on Thursday, June 16, 2022. We're re-broadcasting

this hearing because at the Lincoln Project, we know that it is imperative for the future of our

nation's democracy, that the findings of this committee are heard by as many Americans as possible,

whether it's by way of live television, watching an online stream, or in this case, by listening to

it as a podcast. And without further ado, here's the House Select Committee on January 6.

The Select Committee to investigate the January 6 attack on the United States Capitol will be in order.

Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare the committee in recess at any point.

But soon to house deposition authority regulation 10, the chair announces the committee's approval

to release the deposition material represented during today's hearing. Good afternoon.

This is almost no idea more un-American than the notion that any one person could choose the

American president. No idea more un-American. I agree with that, which is unusual because

former Vice President Mike Pence and I don't agree on much. These are his words spoken a few months

ago about Donald Trump's attempt to pressure the former Vice President. Pressure him into going

along with an unlawful and unconstitutional scheme to overturn the 2020 election and give Donald

Trump a second-term in office that he did not win. Today, the Select Committee is going to reveal

the details of that pressure campaign. But what does the Vice President of the United States

even have to do with the presidential election? The Constitution says that the Vice President

of the United States oversees the process of counting the electoral college votes, a process

that took place on January 6, 2021. Donald Trump won it Mike Pence to do something no other

Vice President has ever done. The former President won it Pence to reject the votes and either

declared Trump the winner or send the votes back to the states to be counted again.

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