Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania election mentioned during Jan. 6 committee hearing
Throughout a listening to Monday, the Home Jan. 6 committee zeroed in on election fraud claims raised about Pennsylvania’s election, together with claims superior by a Republican lawmaker who’s the Republican nominee for governor.Sen. Doug Mastriano was talked about at one level in videotaped testimony from former U.S. Legal professional Basic Invoice Barr.Barr stated he was trying into unproven fraud claims within the 2020 election that will have been raised at a Senate listening to in November 2020 in Gettysburg attended by Donald Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani.Specifically, Barr requested former U.S. Legal professional Invoice McSwain a few repeated declare that there have been extra mail and absentee ballots submitted within the 2020 basic election than had been really requested.Barr stated McSwain instructed him the declare had been shared by Mastriano.The declare could also be a reference to a November 2020 tweet from Mastriano. Barr stated numbers in that tweet had been being in contrast incorrectly.”He combined apples and oranges. He took the variety of purposes for the Republican main, and he in contrast it to the variety of absentee votes forged within the basic election. However when you really go and look and evaluate apples to apples, there isn’t any discrepancy,” Barr stated.WGAL reached out to Mastriano for remark, however we’ve not heard again.
Throughout a listening to Monday, the Home Jan. 6 committee zeroed in on election fraud claims raised about Pennsylvania’s election, together with claims superior by a Republican lawmaker who’s the Republican nominee for governor.
Sen. Doug Mastriano was talked about at one level in videotaped testimony from former U.S. Legal professional Basic Invoice Barr.
Barr stated he was trying into unproven fraud claims within the 2020 election that will have been raised at a Senate listening to in November 2020 in Gettysburg attended by Donald Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani.
Specifically, Barr requested former U.S. Legal professional Invoice McSwain a few repeated declare that there have been extra mail and absentee ballots submitted within the 2020 basic election than had been really requested.
Barr stated McSwain instructed him the declare had been shared by Mastriano.
The declare could also be a reference to a November 2020 tweet from Mastriano. Barr stated numbers in that tweet had been being in contrast incorrectly.
“He combined apples and oranges. He took the variety of purposes for the Republican main, and he in contrast it to the variety of absentee votes forged within the basic election. However when you really go and look and evaluate apples to apples, there isn’t any discrepancy,” Barr stated.
WGAL reached out to Mastriano for remark, however we’ve not heard again.