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Rachel Kleinfeld, Just Security

The week's hiatus on public hearings did not mean, however, that the committee has been idle. Over the past week, they questioned former White House Counsel Pat Cipollone, whose words and actions were described during the testimony of Cassidy Hutchinson, aide to Trump's Chief of Staff Mark Meadows. According to Hutchinson, Cipollone expressed concern over the President's legal exposure because of the events leading up to and occurring on January 6th. After the 7-hour closed door session with Cipollone, committee member Zoe Lofgren of California said, “He did not contradict the testimony of other witnesses.”

Meanwhile, the grand jury investigating possible interference into Georgia's 2020 election has issued subpoenas for several people in Trump's inner circle, including Rudy Giuliani, John Eastman, and Senator Lindsey Graham. You may remember that Giuliani gave a presentation of unsubstantiated claims of fraud to a group of Republican legislators at the Gold Dome in December 2020, including showing video of the State Farm Arena, where "Lady Ruby" Freeman and her daughter Shaye Moss served as election workers. Ms Moss was the brave election worker who testified to the January 6th Committee how her life had been threatened because of Republican lies about the election in Georgia. According to the subpoena, Graham made two phone calls to the office of Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger about "reexamining certain absentee ballots cast in Georgia in order to explore the possibility of a more favorable outcome for former President Donald Trump."

Watch the hearings live on the Select Committee's website https://january6th.house.gov/ or on C-SPAN, MSNBC, and other TV or streaming outlets.

You can watch past hearings here: https://january6th.house.gov/legislation/hearings

If YOU have an opinion you want to share, you can submit a letter to the editor here: https://www.gainesvilletimes.com/about-us-main/contact-letter/ The Times has long given short shrift to Democrats, so letters to the editor are a way to get out the message that we are here, we are active, and we care about Hall County and Georgia!

If you'd like us to help with a letter to the editor, email hallcountydemocrat@gmail.com and put "letter to the editor" in the subject line.

The Gainesville Times had a detailed article this week about the film project to document the history of school desegregation in Gainesville. Andre Cheek-Castleberry, who recently stepped down from the HCDP Committee, is the executive director. If you'd like to support this project, you can make a donation to the Newtown Florist Club. You can read the article by clicking on the link below.

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