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January 6 Insurrection Riot 2021 (Attribution: Tyler Merbler from USA, Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en, Presented at: WindermereSun.com)

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Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., chair of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack, made an opening statement at the start of the public hearing on June 21, in the video published on June 21, 2022, “WATCH: Rep. Thompson’s full opening statement for Day 4| Jan. 6 hearings“, below:

In the course of four hearings, the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol has been methodically laying out the events that led to a pro-Trump mob breaching the building in an effort to stop Congress’ count of Electoral College votes. The June 21 hearing, in part, focused on how Trump’s baseless election fraud claims wreaked havoc on the lives of election workers and their families. Trump falsely accused Wandrea ArShaye “Shaye” Moss and her mother, Ruby Freeman, of feeding thousands of rigged ballots through voting machines while working for the Fulton County elections board on Election Day in Georgia. Both election workers were seen in a video of them processing ballots, which was heavily circulated among right-wing online circles, conservative media outlets and Trump allies as proof of voter fraud. Claims about the video were widely debunked. Moss and Freeman described the onslaught of online harassment and threats they endured. Moss also described how people showed up to her grandmother’s home who threatened to do a citizen’s arrest. Freeman, known as “Lady Ruby,” said in her recorded testimony that she lost her sense of security. “There is nowhere I feel safe. Nowhere. Do you know how it feels to have the president of the United States target you?” she said, through tears. “He targeted me, Lady Ruby, a small business owner, a mother, a proud American citizen who stand up to help Fulton County run an election in the middle of a pandemic.” in the video published on June 21, 2022, “WATCH: Election Workers recall threats to family over Trump’s false election claims“, below:

Georgia election official Gabriel Sterling describes the threatening tweet that directly led him to address then-President Donald Trump during a press conference in December of 2020, in the video published on June 21, 2022, “‘I lost it’: Georgia election official on threatening tweet that led him to address Trump“, below:

Rusty Bowers, speaker of Arizona’s House of Representatives, testified on June 21 during a public hearing before the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack, in the video published on June 21, 2022, “WATCH: Ariz. House speaker says Trump pressure to overturn Biden win would violate his oath“, below:

The January 6 committee played a video of their investigation into the plot to bring forward “fake electors” to cast electoral votes for former President Trump with testimony from witnesses, in the video published on June 21, 2022, “Jan. 6 Committee Plays Video On Trump Campaign’s ‘Fake Elector’ Plot“, below:

Sec. of State Brad Raffensperger and elections official Gabriel Sterling testified on Tuesday, June 21 to the committee, in the video published on June 21, 2022, “Jan 6 Hearings | Full testimony with Georgia elections officials“, below:

Former Watergate prosecutor Nick Akerman joins CBS News’ Tanya Rivero and Lana Zak to break down the fourth public hearing of the Jan. 6 House committee. Ackerman predicts former President Donald Trump will be indicted in Georgia over the so-called “Big Lie.” in the video published on June 22, 2022, “Former Watergate prosecutor believes former President Trump will be indicted in Georgia“, below:

At the end of the fourth day of public hearings by the House committee investigating Jan. 6, Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., said the day’s testimony reminded everyone that “we are a nation of laws” and that “it takes people who’ve made a commitment to our system to defend our system.” Cheney said to date that more than 30 witnesses have invoked their Fifth Amendment rights, including Roger Stone, Gen. Michael Flynn and attorney John Eastman. She also noted that the American people have not heard from key voices such as Trump’s former White House counsel Pat Cipollone. “Today and in our coming hearings, you will hear testimony from other Trump White House staff, explaining what Mr. Cipollone said and did, including on Jan. 6,” Cheney said, adding that the committee was working to secure his testimony. The hearing was the fourth of several planned by the Jan. 6 committee to present its findings to the public. It focused on Trump’s efforts to pressure state legislators and local election officials to change the results of the 2020 presidential election. In the year since its creation, the committee has conducted more than 1,000 interviews, seeking critical information and documents from people witness to, or involved in, the violence that day, in the video published on June 21, 2022, “WATCH: Liz Cheney delivers closing remarks for Day 4 | Jan. 6 hearings“, below:

The Select Committee investigating the January 6th Attack on the Capitol holds its fourth public hearing, this time focused on President Donald Trump’s efforts to pressure state officials to remain in office for a second term after losing the 2020 presidential election, in the video published on June 21, 2022, “January 6 Committee Hearing: Day 4“, below:

With the January 6 hearings having passed the halfway mark, what have we learned — and how engaged is the American public? Lifelong Republican Sarah Longwell is co-founder of Defending Democracy Together and executive director of the Republican Accountability Project. She has been hosting weekly focus groups since the start of the investigations, gauging political sentiment across the spectrum. Longwell joins Walter Isaacson to discuss the impact of the hearings, as well as her takeaways from the Texas state GOP convention this past weekend, in the video published on June 21, 2022, “How Jan. 6 Hearings Impact GOOP Voters: DeSantis Rises as Trump Falls| Amanpour and Company“, below: