January 6th Committee Says It Has Evidence Trump's Election Efforts Broke The Law

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🗓️ 4 March 2022

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Lawmakers said in a court filing this week that the evidence they have gathered through their investigation into last year's attack on the U.S. Capitol suggests that former President Donald J. Trump conspired to commit fraud by misleading the public about the outcome of the presidential election.

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0:00.0	Hi, this is CJ and I've just completed my first marathon of Parks and Recreation.
0:08.5	I've been on my couch all week watching Parks and Rec. I love this show.
0:12.0	Anyways, time to tune into the Politics Podcast to get my dose of reality.
0:16.0	This podcast was recorded at...
0:17.9	It's 108 Eastern on Friday, March 4th.
0:22.8	Things may have changed by the time you hear this, but I'll still be watching Parks and Rec Round 2.
0:27.0	Enjoy the show!
0:32.0	Well done.
0:33.0	He really had. I was really good.
0:35.0	That was good. Wow.
0:36.0	Hey there, it's the Empire Politics Podcast. I'm Scott Detro. I cover the White House.
0:41.0	I'm Aisha Rasko. I also cover the White House.
0:43.0	And I'm Claudio Griseles. I cover Congress.
0:45.0	Okay, so that House Committee investigating the January 6th attack on the Capitol has been plugging away.
0:52.0	Claudio, you have been covering it all along for us.
0:56.0	This week in illegal filing, it made a pretty key claim that former President Trump tried to illegally obstruct Congress's counting of electoral votes.
1:05.0	So that seems like a real development and also the context of it is really interesting.
1:10.0	Tell us what we need to know.
1:12.0	Right, it's a massive document. More than 200 pages of arguments and exhibits detailing some of the panel's findings.
1:20.0	It's part of a lawsuit tied to an attorney, John Eastman.
1:23.0	He's fighting a committee subpoena and he was a key player in the effort to stop the counting of electoral votes last year on the day the Capitol was attacked.
1:31.0	Eastman issued memo detailing how then vice president Mike Pence could reject the 2020 presidential election results.
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