The key quote on Monday was from former Attorney General Bob Barr on Trump’s election fraud claims: “If he really believes this stuff . he’s become detached from reality.”
Al Scmidt, a former Philadelphia City Commissioner, testified at Monday's hearing before the U.S. House Select Committee on the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection. Schmidt received threats in the weeks following the 2020 presidential election after former President Donald Trump singled him out in a tweet falsely alleging voter fraud. Monday's hearings included testimony from long-time Trump ally and former campaign manager Bill Stepian, former Fox News political editor Chris Stirewalt, elections attorney Benjamin Ginsburg and former Atlanta federal prosecutor BJay Pak.
are convicted of things they deny all of the time. and so that is what is so fascinating again. just the overwhelming weight of the evidence is, if we hear from one trumper after another trumper, after another trumper, inside of the trump white house, saying oh, he knew. he knew for quite sometime. and you have people like chris christie saying the same thing. he knew. he knew all along. and he was lying about it six month as head of time because as chris christie said, you knew he was going to lose so he was trying to build up the conspiracy theory. so get more about what we re going to see, let s bring in garrett haake. nbc s senior capitol hill correspondent. garrett, take us through what we re going to hear today. well, joe, you talked about bill stepian who is super interesting and no idea of a secret rino republican. he s working for liz cheney s
going to be part of this. i should say, sheryl sandberg spokesperson telling the wall street journal that her decision to depart the company is what they say is unrelated to this inquiry. okay, andrew ross sorkin thank you for coming on this morning. coming up, back to the breaking news just moments ago. we learned that trump s former campaign manager bill stepian will now not be testifying this morning due to a family emergency. the hearing has also been delayed. now starting at 10:30 a.m. plus new by the way, everything is all with bill. it had to be obviously significant. plus new legal troubles for former president trump s inner circle. we ll tell you about the brand-new ethics complaint against rudy giuliani. and why one editorial board is arguing that taking down donald trump politically could be a good thing for republican
the family emergency, his wife is in labor. so that is why. okay. that is why he will not be appearing today. he better not be appearing today. good luck to him and the family. it is unclear whether he will make an appearance later at another hearing. for the moment, his attorney will read a statement into the record from stepian. thank you. let hope everything goes well. exciting news. we ll go back to capitol hill where lawmakers will be arriving in a few moments for the january 6 hearing which is set to kick off in the next hour. some changes in the programming. we ll also bring in a former u.s. attorney who has insight into one of today s witnesses. we ll be right back. welcome to allstate. where everyone saves when they bundle their home and auto insurance. isn t that right, frank?