presidential election. and that is terrifying. damaging testimony against former president donald trump as officials inside the justice department detail how he tried to weaponize the department to steal the election. plus positive news for ukraine as the european council finally says okay to them becoming an official to join the eu. we re live this hour in brussels. and growing doubt over boris johnson s future as his party loses two high elections. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with isa soares. welcome to the show, everyone. it is friday, june 24th. 9:00 a.m. here in london, 4:00 a.m. in washington. the january 6 committee has held its last public hearing before the july 4th holiday break and there were plenty of fireworks. top officials in donald trump s justice department testified the former president was relentless in pushing election conspiracies and wanted them to overturn the 2020 vote. the witnesses said every time there were bogus fraud claims,
the gop officials who stood up to their parties leader to uphold democracy. and they face threats of violence for simply doing their jobs. election workers unsafe in their own communities after being singled out at the former presidents, and the active threat they face today. so in light of all of this, what does accountability look like? and where do we go from here. it is all ahead at the 11 hour gets underway on this tuesday night. good evening once again, i m stephanie role. explosive and emotional revelations on capitol hill today, as of january six committee had its fourth hearing. the committee argued that donald trump played a key role in the plot to put forward slates, a fake pro trump election as in states joe biden won. senator state officials and one election worker described the intense pressure campaign and the violent threats they face as trump and his allies spread lies about election fraud. these public servants wouldn t go along with donald trump
good evening once again, i m stephanie ruhle. explosive and emotional revelations on capitol hill today, as of january six committee had its fourth hearing. the committee argued that donald trump played a key role in the plot to put forward slates, a fake pro trump electors in states joe biden won. senator state officials and one election worker described the intense pressure campaign and the violent threats they faced as trump and his allies spread lies about election fraud. these public servants wouldn t go along with donald trump s scheme. and when they wouldn t embrace the big lie, and substitute the will of the voters with donald trump s will to remain in power, donald trump worked to ensure they would face the consequences. donald trump had a direct and personal role in this effort. the president s lie was and is a dangerous cancer on the body politic. we heard from republican arizona house speaker, rusty bowers, as talked about resistant pressure to help over
change in the department leadership. reporter: committee members today also revealing more information about the gop lawmakers who sought a pardon, including scott perry who played a central role pushing for clark to be elevated in the justice department. eric hersh man saying he believs matt gaetz also was seeking a pardon. a pardon that he was discussing, requesting, was as broad as you could design. i remember from the beginning of time up until today. he had mentioned nixon and i said nixon s pardon was never nearly that wood. broad. only reason i know to ask for a pardon is because you think you ve committed a crime. reporter: in addition to perry and gaetz, other republican members apparently also asked for pardons, that includes louie gohmert, mo brooks, andy biggs and marjorie taylor greene. greene has denied the testimony that the committee showed was
investigation. right there, that was rusty bowers. he s supported donald trump, but he told committee members today, quote, i do not want to be a winner by cheating. i want to bring into very special guests. former minnesota democratic senator, right here in new york with me, al franken. he s the host of the al franken broadcast. and michael steele joins us, former chairman of the republican national committee, and former lieutenant governor of the state of maryland. you are an elected official. the preservation of our democracy is everything. that is the whole ball game. but do you think voters realize that? unfortunately, i think a lower percentage of voters realize that, it used to be when i was even ten years ago, ten years ago, i think the polling shows that. and that is, of course, tragic. , this president, this former president, attacked our democracy. what do you try to do, he led