6th hearings continue latest: Committee examines Trump’s attempt to interfere in Georgia, Arizona election

One of two Republican members on the committee along with Congresswoman Liz Cheney Kinzinger shared images of the threat on Twitter.

“This threat has come, it has been sent to my house,” the Illinois Republican said in an interview Sunday. “We received him a few days ago, and he threatened to execute me, as well as my wife and five-month-old baby.”

Mr Kinzinger went on to say he had “never seen or had anything like it” before, despite his long condemnation of former president Donald Trump.

ICYMI: While Donald Trump insists to his followers that the January 6 committee is sending him on a “witch hunt,” it seems most Americans disagree, with a new poll for saw the majority think he faced criminal charges over the uprising.

It should be noted that the Justice Department can bring up such charges whether or not the committee decides to make a criminal referral, a decision whose members have differed in public.

Donald Trump called his January 6 crowd “well behaved” hours before Wednesday’s House hearings connecting him to the uprising.

The one-term president has defended the actions of his supporters, despite more than 140 police injuries on duty during the riots that followed his “Stop Theft” rally.

ICYMI: Twitter joined Facebook in enforcing its rules against Missouri Senate candidate Eric Greitens over an ad that appeared to call for a “hunt” for Republicans who in his eyes were not conservative enough.

But unlike Facebook, Twitter has chosen to only place an alert on the tweet itself, while allowing the video to remain intact.

Read more about advertising from The Independent’s Eric Garcia:

ICYMI: A spokesperson for Facebook parent company Meta confirmed the removal of an ad published by Eric Greitens’ Senate campaign on Monday due to the ad’s shocking image and message.

In the ad, Mr. Greitens and a team of heavily armed men in military uniforms break into an empty house while Mr. Greitens claims that he is “hunting” RINO – “Just nominal Republicans”.

“We’ve removed this video for violating our policy on banning violence and incitement,” a Meta spokesperson told CNN.

Read more from The Independent’s Eric Garcia:

ICYMI: Midterms are expected to see Republicans take control of the House, but the Senate is a slightly different matter. Like Eric Garcia writes, some of the GOP’s chosen candidates have problems so severe that they can lose invincible races, allowing Democrats to hold onto and even topple key states that could determines the balance of power in the upper house.

Read his full analysis below.

In the weeks following the shocking defeat, Mr. Trump has devoted much time and energy to Georgia and its two top elected officials: Governor Brian Kemp and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger.

Mr. Raffensperger will testify before the committee on Tuesday as the panel turns its focus to Mr. Trump’s clandestine effort to directly interfere with the legally outlined process to certify legal election results in the state. .

Read more about the former president’s efforts to thwart the will of Georgia voters (as well as the committee’s interest in his work) in The Independent:

Morning Joe Host Joe Scarborough told viewers on Monday that a poll showed just one in five Republicans took Donald Trump’s actions on January 6 seriously as good news for the party if The party seeks to break the grip the former president had on his establishment.

His comments come after an ABC News/Ipsos poll over the weekend found that 19% of GOP voters believe Mr. Trump will face charges for his actions leading up to and during the riot. in action at the Capitol.

Explaining that the result led to a massive shift in his party base, Mr Scarborough stated: “[T]His is starting to resonate. This is starting to sink in. ”

Read more from The Independent’s Graig Graziosi:

Tuesday’s meeting January 6 will focus away from Washington, D.C. to Georgia and Arizona – two states where Donald Trump has tried to pressure local officials to interfere with the confirmation of reported election results. his failure.

An incumbent president’s unprecedented campaign to interfere in official power to prevent his defeat was made clear in a now-famous phone call between Mr. Trump and his top voting official. Georgia, in which Mr. Trump urged him to “find” more than 11,000 votes.

Read more about what will happen tomorrow The Independent’s Andrew Feinberg:

Greg Abbott’s bus-hire plan to transport undocumented migrants out of state has cost the state nearly $3 million — and transported a relatively low number of migrants in the region. that total.

What the White House once considered a “publicity stunt” resulted in fewer than 2,000 migrants leaving the state within two months.

Read more in The Independent: