Today's #January6thHearings are about the Big Lie, including how the Trump campaign knew the election was valid, and the ways in which lies about the 2020 election and voter fraud were exploited to try to overturn the will of the voters. Thread here.
https://twitter.com/WendyRWeiser/status/1536361691625168898
Here is testimony I was asked to submit to the #January6thCommittee on the lies that drove the insurrection and attempt to overturn the 2020 election, their ongoing damage to our electoral system, and why legislation is needed to prevent future attacks: brennancenter.org/our-work/resea…
And here is an overview of that testimony by my @brennancenter colleague Lauren Miller and me. brennancenter.org/our-work/analy…
Trump campaign manager Bill Stepien and #IvankaTrump testify that they knew it was too early to call the race (before the ballots were counted) and told Trump that right before Trump first announced that he won the election on Nov. 4, 2020. #January6thHearings
Trump campaign manager Bill Stepien is testifying that he explained to Trump that mail voting was not bad for his campaign. Kevin McCarthy agreed with him. The attack on #mailvoting was a lie.
Here are some detailed explanations on why mail voting is secure in America: brennancenter.org/our-work/analy…
Here is an even more detailed primer on the security features in mail voting: brennancenter.org/our-work/resea…
Everyone knew that it was inappropriate to call the election before the mail and provisional ballots were counted, especially in a year with record numbers of paper ballots. #January6thHearings
https://twitter.com/DanWeiner329/status/1536368989672177667
This is compelling evidence that Trump knew that he lost and decided to move forward with his inflammatory false claims anyway. #January6thHearings
Bill Stepien: "I didn't think that what was happening was honest or professional in any way." That's what Trump's campaign manager said about the false allegations of voter fraud and stolen elections in 2020. And that's why he stepped away. Powerful. #January6thHearings
Important reminder by @ThePlumLineGS that we all knew that this was going to be Trump's post-election plan if he lost, because he told us so:
https://twitter.com/ThePlumLineGS/status/1536365611466358784
Reupped Trump loyalist Sidney Powell's statement to a court that "no reasonable person would conclude that her statement [about the stolen election] was fact." #January6thHearings
Bill Barr testified that DOJ satisfied themselves that the allegations of fraud were "without merit." There was an "avalanche of claims." Many were "bogus and silly" and based on "complete misinformation." #January6thHearings
Bill Barr testified that he told Trump that the Department of Justice is "not an extension of your legal team." #January6thHearings
Sadly, Barr allowed a lot of political interference into the operations of the #DOJ before finally reaching his limit. We need safeguards against that too. Read about it in the @BrennanCenter's testimony by @mawaldman here: congress.gov/116/meeting/ho…
"crazy stuff" "nonsense" "doing a disservice to the country" -- what AG #BillBarr told Trump about his voter fraud allegations. More evidence that Trump clearly knew that this was a lie. #January6thHearings
Bill Barr: There was "never an indication of interest in what the actual facts were." The "election was not stolen by fraud." #January6thHearings
Former AG Barr testified at length that he knew the claims of stolen election were bunk and damaging to the country. He also testified that the DOJ represents the American people and not the president. So why didn't he say anything about this beforehand? #January6thHearings
Good reminder from @SteveESpaulding
https://twitter.com/SteveESpaulding/status/1536377008271368194
The barrage of lies that formed the basis for Trump's stolen election claims were completely predictable well before the #2020election. Here is a primer we prepared in early 2020 to protect against these *precise* lies-almost a year before they were made: brennancenter.org/our-work/resea…
Ironic that the cause of the fraud "smoking gun" allegation by Trump campaign and #Rudy was in fact the official secure ballot lock box that helped ensure the integrity of the election, per testimony by GA U.S. Atty Pak #January6thHearings
Public officials charged with investigating voter fraud in GA and PA testified they took 2020 allegations seriously, investigated them thoroughly, and found they were complete bunk. #January6thHearings
Former Philadelphia city commissioner Al Schmidt testifying as to the chilling threats he and his family received after Trump named him on Twitter in connection with his stolen election lies. This should not happen in America or any democracy. #January6thHearings
Sadly, this is not an isolated problem, since 2020, the @BrennanCenter has documented an unprecedented spike in threats against election officials and their families. More than 1 in 6 experienced threats. And it is continuing! brennancenter.org/our-work/resea…
This continues to undermine elections. Experienced election officials are leaving in droves-many because of threats & improper political pressure. As I outline in testimony for #January6thHearings, this is bc of the same lies that drove the insurrection. brennancenter.org/our-work/resea…
@RepZoeLofgren provides a concise and convincing explanation of how lawsuits in 62 separate lawsuits brought by the Trump campaign and its allies definitively rejected the claims of voter fraud and a stolen election.
The #January6thHearings are showing how Trump used lies about voter fraud and the 2020 election to raise $$ for a slush fund of $250 million used for a new PAC that sent money to Trump's and allies' entities, not to challenge the election.
The @BrennanCenter is also documenting how Secretary of State and other state candidates are fundraising off the Big Lie here: brennancenter.org/series/trackin…
"The big ripoff." -what @RepZoeLofgren calls the Trump campaign's misleading fundraising efforts from supporters. Those funds were not being used for election lawsuits, as they claimed.
The #January6thHearings end today with more clips of insurrectionists declaring that they believed all of Trump's lies about the 2020 election, right after presenting strong evidence that they were, indeed, lies.
While the #January6thCommittee has not gotten to this yet, it is important to remember that the lies that drove the January 6th insurrection *continue* to drive attacks & wreak havoc on our electoral system. The links are very tight, as my testimony shows. brennancenter.org/our-work/resea…
On calling the election before the votes were counted, the @BrennanCenter anticipated this lie and published a primer on how vote counting actually works back in 2020. Everyone in elections knows this. brennancenter.org/our-work/resea….
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