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January 6 hearing: Panel to hear of Trump's pressure on Justice Department

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Former DOJ officials are expected to testify and explain the pressure they faced from former president to pursue his false claims of election fraud.

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  1. Foxla

    January 6 hearing: Panel to hear of Trump's pressure on Justice Department (opens Foxla)

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    Former DOJ officials are expected to testify and explain the pressure they faced from former president to pursue his false claims of election fraud.

  2. Fox News

    Jan. 6 Committee: Thursday's hearing will investigate Trump’s pressure campaign on DOJ (opens Fox News)

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    The Jan. 6 Committee's fifth public hearing Thursday will investigate how former President Donald Trump attempted to use DOJ to overturn the 2020 election results.

  3. NBC10 Philadelphia

    Thursday's Jan. 6 Hearing to Focus on Trump's Pressure on DOJ to Overturn Election (opens NBC10 Philadelphia)

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    The Jan. 6 committee will hear from former Justice Department officials who faced down a relentless pressure campaign from Donald Trump over the 2020 presidential election results while suppressing a bizarre challenge from within their own ranks.

  4. Talking Points Memo

    Jan. 6 Hearing: Looking At Trump’s Push To Corrupt The DOJ For Election Steal Plot (opens Talking Points Memo)

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    The House Jan. 6 Committee’s holding its fifth hearing today at 3:00 p.m. ET. It's the DOJ-centric hearing that got postponed last week. Today's session, which will be led by Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R…

  5. NBC News

    Jan. 6 hearing aims to show Trump pressured DOJ to undermine election (opens NBC News)

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    The panel will hear testimony from Justice officials who threatened to quit over Trump's plan to install a loyalist atop the agency.

  6. Fox News

    Jan. 6 committee: Thursday hearing will focus on Trump pressuring DOJ over 2020 election (opens Fox News)

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    The Jan. 6 Select Committee is set to hold its fifth public hearing Tuesday. The hearing will focus on former President Trump allegedly pressuring the U.S. Department of Justice to say there was fraud in the 2020 election. The hearing will be led by Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger.

  7. NPR

    Jan. 6 hearing updates: On Thursday, the panel looks at the pressure Trump put on DOJ to overturn the election (opens NPR)

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    Committee aides have said that the hearing will lay out how former President Donald Trump wanted the Justice Department to publicly state there was election fraud.

  8. CNN

    Rosen says he told Trump he would not allow the DOJ to do anything to overturn the election (opens CNN)

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    The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the US Capitol is holding its fifth public hearing of the month. Watch live and follow news updates here.

  9. Newsweek

    Notes detail Trump pressure on DOJ, AG Jeffrey Rosen, Jan. 6 hearing shows (opens Newsweek)

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    The notes, written by a former acting deputy attorney general, indicate that Trump told top DOJ officials to "just say that the election was corrupt."

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