A progressive daily ledger of Trump-world self-owns, legal pain, policy blowback, and bad-faith chaos.
3 verified reports published on June 22, 2022.
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The basic Trump-era pattern was on display again: deny, delay, insult the witnesses, and hope the paperwork catches up later. On June 22, the paperwork was winning.
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Federal investigators widened the criminal inquiry into the fake-elector scheme, putting fresh legal heat on the Trump effort to overturn the 2020 vote. The move signaled that the false-elector operation was no longer just a historical scandal but an active federal case with real consequences.
The House Jan. 6 committee’s June 21 hearing focused on Trump’s pressure campaign against state election officials. The next day, Chairman Bennie Thompson said the panel would keep public hearings going into July.
On June 21, 2022, the Jan. 6 committee heard testimony about threats and harassment directed at election workers as it continued its public hearings into Donald Trump’s effort to overturn the election.