WASHINGTON — The Jan. 6 committee introduced Monday morning that, on account of a household emergency, its key witness, Invoice Stepien — Trump’s 2020 marketing campaign supervisor — is unable to testify as deliberate.

The committee mentioned his counsel had confirmed that Stepien’s spouse had gone into labor.

The listening to was delayed 45 minutes after the beforehand introduced 10:00 a.m. begin time.

Stepien was scheduled to testify in a listening to that may give attention to Trump’s choice to declare victory in opposition to Joe Biden on election evening and data that he was spreading lies of widespread election fraud.

He was to look earlier than the committee on a panel with Chris Stirewalt, the previous Fox Information political editor who was fired after defending the community’s early projection that Trump had misplaced Arizona on election evening — a transfer that infuriated the previous president.

A political marketing consultant now advising Harriet Hageman, the Trump-endorsed major challenger to Jan. 6 committee chief Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., Stepien was to testify earlier than the committee underneath subpoena Monday, his lawyer confirmed to ABC Information.

A second panel of witnesses within the roughly two-hour listening to will embrace Al Schmidt, a former Republican metropolis commissioner in Philadelphia who repeatedly debunked claims of fraud within the state; veteran GOP election lawyer Ben Ginsburg, and Byung “BJay” Pak, a former U.S. Legal professional for the Northern District of Georgia.

Pak beforehand informed Senate investigators he resigned in January 2021 after studying Trump sought to fireplace him over not doing extra to amplify his false claims of widespread election fraud in Georgia.

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In a Los Angeles Instances op-ed after the Capitol riot, Stirewalt, who was fired from Fox Information on Jan. 19, 2021, wrote that after the Arizona name, he “turned a goal of murderous rage from customers who have been livid at not having their views confirmed.”

On a briefing name with reporters Sunday night, choose committee aides mentioned Monday’s listening to will discover Trump and his marketing campaign’s actions within the days and weeks after election evening, and the choice to push “the Large Deceive tens of millions of supporters” and fundraise off claims that rioters later used to justify attacking the Capitol on Jan. 6.

The questioning of stay witnesses, together with clips of interviews the committee videotaped with different key witnesses, will present how Trump was informed he had misplaced the election and lacked proof of widespread voter fraud as he continued to assert the election was stolen from him, aides mentioned.

“I feel we are able to show to any affordable, open-minded person who Donald Trump completely knew, as a result of he was surrounded by legal professionals, together with the lawyer common of america, William Barr, telling him in no unsure phrases, in phrases that Donald Trump might perceive, that is B.S.,” Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., mentioned Sunday on CNN.

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The committee listening to, which will likely be guided partially by Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., will present “how litigation to problem elections often works,” and argue that Trump had an “obligation” to “abide by the rule of legislation” when his dozens of lawsuits failed in courts throughout the nation.

Almost 20 million folks watched the committee’s prime-time listening to final Thursday, the primary of seven deliberate for this month.

Utilizing never-before-seen video of the Capitol assault and testimony from Barr and Trump’s personal daughter, Ivanka, the committee laid out the broad findings of its inquiry, inserting Trump on the middle of an “tried coup” final yr.

Hearings scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday will discover Trump’s efforts to stress the Justice Division to analyze and unfold false claims of widespread election fraud, and power Vice President Mike Pence to dam the counting of electoral votes on Jan. 6.