The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol interviewed Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger for several hours Tuesday in a meeting that included discussion of former President Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election results.
I spoke to the January 6th committee to make sure they included the full record of how stolen election claims damage our democracy - whether in 2016, 2018, or 2020. A Republican election official said in a statement shared with the NBC News that conservatives should focus on the kitchen table issues that really matter to the American people while liberals in Washington, D.C. remain focused on Trump, while liberals in Washington, D.C. remain focused on Trump.
The meeting with the bipartisan committee was first reported by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
The interview lasted four hours and he talked about Trump's call earlier this year, in which he pressured Raffensperger to overturn President Joe Biden's win in Georgia while repeatedly berating state officials.
In a recent book, Raffensperger wrote that he felt that Trump was threatening him in the call.
Raffensperger is facing a primary challenger from Trump in his re-election bid for 2022.
The House committee has interviewed or deposed numerous individuals about the events leading up to the Jan. 6 riot and the attack itself.
The chair of the House committee, Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss, was earlier on Tuesday. The former White House chief of staff, Mark Meadows, has begun cooperating with their investigation, the former White House chief of staff said. It came not long after the former Trump adviser Steve Bannon was indicted by a federal grand jury and charged with two counts of contempt of Congress for refusing to answer the committee's questions.
Bannon could face up to a year in prison and a fine of up to $100,000 if convicted.