THIS MORNING …WE’RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE – *BOMB-SHELL PHONE CALL TESTIMONY… GIVEN BY GEORGIA SECRETARY OF STATE BRAD RAFFENSPERGER. IT’S PART OF A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION .. INTO WHETHER FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP … D AN OTHERS … ILLEGALLY TRIED TO INFLUENCE THE 20-20 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN GEORGI A. INCLUDING A JANUARY 20-21 PHONE CALL … ME DAYS BEFORE THE JANUARY SIXTH CAPITOL RIOT.. BETWEEN TRUMP AND RAFFENSPERGER. “I JUST WANT TO FINDUH, 11,780 VOTES, WHICH IS O NE MORE THAT WE HAVE, BECSEAU WE WON THE STATE. SO, SO TELL ME, BRAD, WHAT AREE WGOING TO D” O? WE’VE LEARNED RAFFENSPERGER TESTIFIED FOR NEARLY *FIVE HOURS YESTERDAY. THIS VIDEO SHOWS HIM WALKING INTO COURT TO SPEAK IN FRONT OF A GRAND JURY. HIS WIFE.. AND SEVEL RA MEMBERS OF HIS STAFF.. HE AV ALSO BEEN ASKED TO TESTIFY . SO BEEN ASKED TO TESTIFY RAFFENSPERGER TOLD OUR AFFILIATE W-S-B IN ATLANTA ..THAT MISINFORMATION SURROUNDING THE ELECTIONS STARTED WHEN RUDY GIULIA NI AND OTHERS QUOTE “SLICED AND DICED THE TRUTH”.. DURING THEIR TESTIMONIES. A HEAD OF HIS TESTIMON..Y.HE TOLD W-S-B HE PLANNED TO TELL THE – *ENTIRE TRUTH. SOT: BRAD RAFFENSPGEERR / GEORGIA SEETCRARY OF STATE “I HOPE IT’S JUST AN OBJECTIVE, YOU KNOW, FACT BASED PROCESS. I THINKT A THE END OF THE DAY, THAT’S WHAT THIS OFFICE DOES. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO BECAUSE WE’RE WE’RE OVERSEEING ELECTIS.ON THE FULTON COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY LEADING THIS INVESTIGATION .. S HA ALSO CALLED FOR THE TESTIMONY FROM GEO

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Georgia’s top election officials expected to testify at an upcoming January 6 hearing

The slate of Georgia witnesses could offer a glimpse into the blowback state officials faced as they rebuffed attempts to overturn the election results.

Above file video: Georgia Secretary of State testifies in Trump investigation(CNN) — Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and his deputy Gabe Sterling, who were both subpoenaed by the House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection, are expected to testify at a hearing later this month, according to a person familiar with the situation.The committee’s public hearings — the first of which takes place Thursday at 8 p.m. ET — are set to spotlight the work of the committee’s 10-month investigation and reveal new details on how efforts to overturn the 2020 election culminated in an attack on the US Capitol. The slate of Georgia witnesses could offer a glimpse into the blowback state officials faced as they rebuffed attempts to overturn the election results.TRENDING STORIESCaught on Camera: Georgia preschool teachers arrested after parents see their actions in live videoPolice on Tybee Island issue warning after reports of beachgoers disturbing sea turtles, nestsWarrants obtained for South Carolina deputy’s arrest after crash that killed mother, 2 daughtersRaffensperger’s profile grew after the 2020 election when he resisted former President Donald Trump’s efforts to pressure him to “find” the votes necessary for Trump to win Georgia in an infamous January 2021 phone call.The Georgia Republican has already spoken privately with the committee about his experience in addition to testifying before a special grand jury in a criminal probe into Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in the Peach State.Raffensperger and Sterling’s plans to testify publicly before the January 6 committee were previously reported by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.As Trump refused to accept the outcome of the 2020 election and his allies pursued various schemes to try to upend the results, Raffensperger, Raffensperger’s wife, Tricia, and other Georgia officials faced a barrage of threats.In December 2020, Sterling publicly pleaded for Trump to condemn the harassment that officials and election workers had been facing.”Stop inspiring people to commit potential acts of violence,” Sterling said at the time, addressing Trump. “Someone’s going to get hurt, someone’s going to get shot, someone’s going to get killed, and it’s not right.”A month later, rioters stormed the US Capitol.During the upcoming hearings, the January 6 panel will reveal new evidence that aides say will help “connect the dots” between Trump’s election lies, his attempts to overturn Joe Biden’s 2020 election win and the violence that unfolded on January 6, 2021.

Above file video: Georgia Secretary of State testifies in Trump investigation

(CNN) — Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and his deputy Gabe Sterling, who were both subpoenaed by the House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection, are expected to testify at a hearing later this month, according to a person familiar with the situation.

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The committee’s public hearings — the first of which takes place Thursday at 8 p.m. ET — are set to spotlight the work of the committee’s 10-month investigation and reveal new details on how efforts to overturn the 2020 election culminated in an attack on the US Capitol. The slate of Georgia witnesses could offer a glimpse into the blowback state officials faced as they rebuffed attempts to overturn the election results.

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Raffensperger’s profile grew after the 2020 election when he resisted former President Donald Trump’s efforts to pressure him to “find” the votes necessary for Trump to win Georgia in an infamous January 2021 phone call.

The Georgia Republican has already spoken privately with the committee about his experience in addition to testifying before a special grand jury in a criminal probe into Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in the Peach State.

Raffensperger and Sterling’s plans to testify publicly before the January 6 committee were previously reported by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

As Trump refused to accept the outcome of the 2020 election and his allies pursued various schemes to try to upend the results, Raffensperger, Raffensperger’s wife, Tricia, and other Georgia officials faced a barrage of threats.

In December 2020, Sterling publicly pleaded for Trump to condemn the harassment that officials and election workers had been facing.

“Stop inspiring people to commit potential acts of violence,” Sterling said at the time, addressing Trump. “Someone’s going to get hurt, someone’s going to get shot, someone’s going to get killed, and it’s not right.”

A month later, rioters stormed the US Capitol.

During the upcoming hearings, the January 6 panel will reveal new evidence that aides say will help “connect the dots” between Trump’s election lies, his attempts to overturn Joe Biden’s 2020 election win and the violence that unfolded on January 6, 2021.