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Elaine Luria
categories: Speeches, U.S. House Committee/Subcommittee Meeting/Hearing
Opening Statement at the Ninth Public Hearing of the January 6th Select Committee – Oct. 13, 2022
October 13, 2022
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mid-December was a turning point. President Trump made a decision, a choice, to ignore the courts and his advisers and to push forward to overturn the election. His efforts to overturn the election were not random or disconnected; rather, they were part of a coordinated, multi-part plan to ensure that he stayed in power. Donald Trump was the driver behind each part of this plan. He was personally and directly involved. Of course, a key element of the plan was continuing to convince tens of millions […]
Stephanie Murphy
categories: Speeches, U.S. House Committee/Subcommittee Meeting/Hearing
Opening Statement at the Ninth Public Hearing of the January 6th Select Committee – Oct. 13, 2022
October 13, 2022
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. President Trump’s efforts to unlawfully overturn the results of the 2020 election were not limited to the Big Lie and pressuring State officials and the Department of Justice officials. Another key part of the President’s effort was a scheme to assemble fake electors to cast false electoral votes in the States that President Trump lost. This was something done not only with the President’s knowledge but also with his direct participation. Ronna McDaniel, chair of the Republican National Committee, testified before this Committee that President Trump […]
Zoe Lofgren
categories: Speeches, U.S. House Committee/Subcommittee Meeting/Hearing
Opening Statement at the Ninth Public Hearing of the January 6th Select Committee – Oct. 13, 2022
October 13, 2022
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. We begin this meeting by returning to election night, November 3, 2020. As the Chairman noted, we have previously presented testimony about how the election results were expected to come in that night. In certain States, ballots cast by mail before election day would be counted only after the polls closed that evening. That meant that election results would not be known for some time. Although President Trump’s campaign manager, Bill Stepien, House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy, and Jared Kushner had advised Donald Trump to encourage […]
Elizabeth “Liz” Cheney
categories: Speeches, U.S. House Committee/Subcommittee Meeting/Hearing
Opening Statement at the Ninth Public Hearing of the January 6th Select Committee – Oct. 13, 2022
October 13, 2022
Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. Much has happened since our last public hearing on July 21st. As the Chairman mentioned, we have received new and voluminous documentation from the Secret Service, which we continue to analyze. We have received new witness testimony, including about efforts to obstruct our investigation and conceal key facts. According to public reporting, the Department of Justice has been very active in pursuing many of the issues identified in our prior hearings. Our Committee may ultimately decide to make a series of criminal referrals to […]
Liz Truss
categories: Press Conference, Speeches
Tribute to Queen Elizabeth II - Sep. 8, 2022
September 8, 2022
We are all devastated, by the news that we have just heard from balmoral. The death of her majesty the Queen is a huge shock to the nation, and to the world. Queen Elizabeth II was the rock on which modern Britain was built. Our country has grown and flourished under her reign. Britain is the great country it is today because of her. She ascended the throne just after the second world war; she championed the development of the commonwealth, from a small group of seven countries to a […]
Liz Truss
categories: Press Conference, Speeches
Opening Speech as Prime Minister - Sep. 6, 2022
September 6, 2022
Good afternoon. I have just accepted, her majesty the queen's kind invitation to form a new government. Let me pay tribute to my predecessor Boris Johnson delivered Brexit; the covert vaccine; and stood up to Russian aggression. History will see him as a hugely consequential prime minister. I’m honored to take on this responsibility at a vital time for our country. What makes the united kingdom great, is our fundamental belief in freedom, in enterprise, and in fair play. Our people have shown grit courage and determination time and time […]
Michelle Obama
Speeches
White House Portrait Unveiling - Sep. 7, 2022
September 7, 2022
Oh, well, let me thank my husband, first of all, for such spicy remarks. And of course, thank you, to Joe and Jill, President Biden and, First Lady – Jill Biden. Thank you for, inviting us back. This means so much to us. We were saying at lunch that, the girls have lived in this house longer than they've lived anywhere. And so this, as odd of an home as this can be, as wonderful as it can be, it is a special place because we raised our girls here […]
Zoe Lofgren
categories: Speeches, U.S. House Committee/Subcommittee Meeting/Hearing
Opening Statement at the Second Public Hearing of the January 6th Select Committee - June 13, 2022
June 13, 2022
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. In our opening hearing we gave an overview of our investigation into the January 6th attack. The plot to overthrow the election was complex and had many parts, which we’ll explore in remaining hearings. But today we examine the false narrative that the 2020 election was ’stolen’. Former President Trump’s plan to overturn the election relied on a sustained effort to deceive millions of Americans with knowingly false claims of election fraud. All elements of the plot relied on convincing his supporters about these false claims. […]
Stephanie Murphy
categories: Speeches, U.S. House Committee/Subcommittee Meeting/Hearing
Opening Statement at the Seventh Public Hearing of the January 6th Select Committee - July 12, 2022
July 12, 2022
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. We know, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that then-President Donald Trump lost in a free and fair election. And yet, President Trump insisted that his loss was due to fraud in the election process, rather than to the democratic will of the voters. The President continued to make this claim despite being told, again and again, by the courts, by the Justice Department, by his campaign officials, and by some of his closest advisors, that the evidence did not support this assertion. This was the […]
Elaine Luria
categories: Speeches, U.S. House Committee/Subcommittee Meeting/Hearing
Opening Statement at the Eighth Public Hearing of the January 6th Select Committee - July 21, 2022
July 21, 2022
Thank you, Madam Vice Chair. Article II of our Constitution requires that the President swear a very specific oath every four years. Every President swears or affirms to "faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States" and, to the best of their ability, "preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States." The President also assumes the Constitutional duty to "take care" that our nation’s laws be "faithfully executed," and is the "Commander in Chief" of our military. Our hearings have shown the many ways in which […]