Zoe Lofgren

So, this red mirage, that's really what you expected to happen on election night?

So, after investigating the President's and Mr. Giuliani's claims about voter fraud in Georgia, is it your view today that there was no evidence of wide-spread fraud sufficient to undermine confidence in the outcome of the election in…

Mr. Barr and his advisors were not the only ones who determined that the President's allegations regarding Dominion voting machines were false.

The Big Lie was also a Big Rip-Off.

I thought, boy, if he really believes this stuff he has... lost contact with--with--he's become detached from reality.

Well, thank you. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

There are no cases where the Trump campaign was able to convince a court that there was wide-spread fraud or irregularities in the 2020 election.

The rejection of President Trump's litigation efforts was overwhelming.

President Trump continued to push the 'stolen election' narrative even though he and his allies knew that their litigation efforts making the same claim had failed.

I understand the Georgia secretary of state's office investigated those State Farm Arena allegations and didn't find any evidence of fraud.

That is very -- yes. That’s very dangerous.

Well, it goes to consciousness of guilt. But he also used this fraudulent election scheme to whip up the mob that we saw last night.

This committee is doing its job. The Department of Justice needs to do theirs.

The threat to our system of government was very large. And we need to hear from all of the parties who have information so we can get the complete picture so we can protect our country going forward.

Yes, we have information from other sources that lead us to believe that each one of these individuals who are our colleagues have information the committee needs to tell the full story.

It`s not at all acceptable, that he bailed at the last minute.

That`s just completely bogus. And it`s a smokescreen for -- I don`t know what he thinks he`s trying to prove.

Yes, and it was obviously not just a rally that got out of control.

We have detailed some of the questions we have based on some of the evidence that we have obtained. So it`s not just general, gosh, we`d like to know what`s on your mind. But specific areas of inquiry.

That would be correct. Congress doesn’t choose the president. The American voters choose the president.

We will have very substantial hearings in the very near future, laying out, as well as we can, in this detailed a fashion as we can, the evidence about what happened. And we hope that that will be definitive and help people renew their…

It`s our hope that this hearing today will bring us closer to developing a consensus on recommended policy reforms that will combat financial conflicts of interest and restore public faith and trust in our government.

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the late Chairwoman, Representative Louise Slaughter, was the primary champion of the STOCK Act and worked for years to see it passed into law.

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