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The House Jan. 6 committee’s June 23 hearing put former top Justice Department officials under oath and detailed Donald Trump’s push to get the department to bless false election-fraud claims, including his effort to replace acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen with Jeffrey Clark.
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Federal agents searched former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark’s home on June 22, 2022, and the House Jan. 6 committee followed with a June 23 hearing on Trump’s effort to pressure the department. The back-to-back developments put fresh attention on Clark’s role in the push to challenge the 2020 election results.
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Federal agents searched former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark’s home on June 22, 2022, and the House Jan. 6 committee followed with a June 23 hearing on Trump’s effort to pressure the department. The back-to-back developments put fresh attention on Clark’s role in the push to challenge the 2020 election results.
The House Jan. 6 committee’s June 23 hearing put former top Justice Department officials under oath and detailed Donald Trump’s push to get the department to bless false election-fraud claims, including his effort to replace acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen with Jeffrey Clark.
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.
The House Jan. 6 committee’s June 2022 hearings kept building a public record around pressure on state officials and the fake-elector plan tied to Donald Trump’s 2020 election challenge. The stronger case was not a single revelation, but the committee’s widening documentary trail.
Donald Trump posted repeatedly on Truth Social during and after the first prime-time Jan. 6 committee hearing on June 9 and 10, 2022, attacking the investigation and repeating election-fraud claims. Around the same time, some users said the platform restricted or suspended posts about the hearings, prompting criticism of Truth Social’s moderation rules.
After the first prime-time Jan. 6 hearing on June 9, 2022, Donald Trump spent June 9 and June 10 posting on Truth Social to attack the committee and repeat election-fraud claims. The result was less a rebuttal than a reminder of the record the hearing was trying to assemble.
The House Jan. 6 committee held its first public hearing on June 9, 2022, beginning a public record of the effort to overturn the 2020 election.
On June 8, 2022, the House Jan. 6 committee was scheduled to hold its first public hearing the next night at 8 p.m. Eastern, with unseen material, witness testimony, and an initial summary of its findings.
With the first public hearing set for June 9, 2022, the House Jan. 6 committee was preparing to present previously unseen material and witness testimony in a format designed for a broad public audience. The hearings were expected to sharpen the political pressure on Donald Trump and his allies, even before the committee had finished its full series of June sessions.
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