Jan. 6 panel to focus on Trump pressure campaign on Pence

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In the third day of congressional hearings on the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, U.S. lawmakers alleged former President Donald Trump waged a multiweek pressure campaign on his vice president, Mike Pence, to illegally overturn the results of the 2020 election. VOA’s congressional correspondent Katherine Gypson has more.

Jan 6 panel details pressure campaign toward Pence

In it's third hearing the House panel investigating the Capitol insurrection detailed Donald Trump's pressure campaign to get his vice president, Mike Pence, to delay or reject the certification of Joe Biden’s election victory on Jan. 6, 2021. (June 17)

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Jan. 6 Panel Details Trump's Pressure Campaign Against Pence

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Jan 6 panel focuses on how Trump pressured Pence

The House committee investigating the insurrection at the Capitol on Jan 6, 2021, focused at a public hearing Thursday on the pressure that then-President Donald Trump put on his vice president, Mike Pence, to delay or reject the certification of Joe Biden’s election victory. The committee tried to show how…

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