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Follow the New York Post’s live updates of Day 4 of the January 6 hearings as the House committee grills state election officials on Capitol Hill beginning at 1 p.m.

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Fourth Jan. 6 hearing adjourns

By Callie Patteson

The fourth live hearing held by the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot concluded at approximately 3:40 p.m.

The fifth hearing is scheduled to be held on Thursday at 1 p.m.

Cheney blasts Trump allies who pleaded Fifth, defied subpoenas

By Callie Patteson

Jan. 6 committee Vice Chair Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) ripped several allies of President Donald Trump by name during her closing statement of Tuesday's hearing.

"To date, more than 30 witnesses before this committee have not done what you've done and have invoked their Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination," she told witness Wandrea "Shay" Moss following her testimony.

"Roger Stone took the Fifth. Gen. Michael Flynn took the Fifth, [as did] John Eastman," Cheney continued. "Others like Steve Bannon and Peter Navarro simply refused to comply with lawful subpoenas and they have been indicted. Mark Meadows has hidden behind President Trump's claims of executive privilege and immunity from subpoenas. We're engaged now in litigation with Mr. Meadows."

"The American people in our hearings have heard from Bill Barr, Jeff Rosen, Richard Donoghue, and many others [who] stood up and did what is right. And they will hear more of that testimony soon," the Republican continued.

"The American people have not yet heard from Mr. Trump's former White House counsel, Pat Cipollone," she added. "Our committee is certain that Donald Trump does not want Mr. Cipollone to testify here ... We think the American people deserve to hear from him personally."

Mother of Georgia election worker describes life after being accused by Trump of fraud

By Mark Moore

The mother of a Georgia election worker who was accused by former President Donald Trump and his allies of committing fraud in the 2020 election said her life hasn't been the same since. 

"​I've always believed that, when God says that he will make your name great. But this is not the way it was supposed to be​," Ruby Freeman, the mother of Wandrea Arshaye Moss, said in video of a deposition she gave to the Jan. 6 committee.​

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"I won't even introduce myself by name anymore. ​I get nervous when I bump into someone I know in the grocery store​," she said.​ "​I get nervous when I have to give my name for food orders. I'm always concerned of who's around me. I've lost my ​na​me, and I've lost my reputation. I've lost my sense of security a​ll because a group of people, starting with ​No. 45 ​and ​his ally Rudy Giuliani​, decided to scapegoat me to push their own lies about how the presidential election was stolen."

Trump 'targeted me' with fraud claims: ex-Georgia election worker

By Callie Patteson

Former Georgia election worker Ruby Freeman blasted former President Donald Trump in a pre-taped video deposition aired Tuesday after he accused her of committing voter fraud in the 2020 election.

Former Georgia election worker Ruby Freeman
Former Georgia election worker Ruby Freeman (center) Reuters

"Do you know how it feels to have the president of the United States targeting you? The president of United States is supposed to represent every American, not to target one," Freeman said. "But he targeted me, Lady Ruby! A small business owner, a mother, a proud American citizen who stood up to help Fulton County ran an election in the middle of the pandemic."

Former Georgia election worker reveals 'USB' her mother shared was ginger mint

By Callie Patteson

The "USB drive" that Rudy Giuliani and former President Donald Trump repeatedly claimed Georgia elections worker Wandrea "Shay" Moss and her mother passed to each other while working in a ballot-counting arena was actually a "ginger mint."

"One of the videos we just watched, Mr. Giuliani accused you and your mother of passing some sort of USB drive to each other," Jan. 6 committee member Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) asked during Tuesday's hearing.

The “USB drive” that Georgia elections worker Wandrea “Shay” Moss and her mother allegedly passed to each other while working in a ballot-counting arena was actually a “ginger mint.” AP

"What was your mom actually handing you on that video?"

"A ginger mint," Moss revealed.

The video in question was repeatedly referenced by the former president and his allies, who accused Moss and her mother of "rigging" the 2020 presidential election.

The accusations led to severe harassment of Moss, including direct threats and racist messages sent to her.

Trump to Raffensperger : 'I won by 400,000 votes ... give me a break'

By Callie Patteson

Former President Donald Trump claimed he won Georgia by 400,000 votes in a call with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger on Jan. 2, 2021, during which Trump pushed him to "find" more than 11,000 votes to give the 45th president victory in the state.

"Why wouldn't you want to find the right answer, Brad?" Trump asked during the call, saying "everyone's going to look very good if the truth comes out."

Trump, Raffensperger
Trump pushed Raffensperger to "find" more than 11,000 votes to ensure his victory in Georgia. Reuters

"The real truth is I won by 400,000 votes at least," he continued.

"So what are we going to do here? ... I only need 11,000 votes," Trump said. "Fellas, I need 11,000 votes. Give me a break."

Trump suggested Raffensperger was committing crime in 'find votes' call

By Mark Moore

In one of the central exhibits of Tuesday's hearing, the committee played audio of President Donald Trump's Jan. 2, 2021, phone call with ​G​eorgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger in which Trump said he wanted Raffensperger to "find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have, because we won the state."

Earlier in the call, Trump told Raffensperberger: "I think you are going to find they are shredding ballots, because they have to get rid of the ballots, because the ballots are unsigned, the ballots are corrupt ... which is totally illegal, it's more illegal for you than it is for them, because you know what they did and you aren't reporting it.

"You know, that's a criminal offense, and you can't let that happen. That's a big risk to you and to Ryan, your lawyer."

"​What I knew is that we didn't have any votes to find," Raffensberger testified to the committee. 

Fourth live witness, former Georgia election worker, sworn in

By Callie Patteson

Wandrea “Shay” Moss, a former Georgia election worker, was sworn in to testify Tuesday at around 3:07 p.m.

She and her mother faced harassment after being accused by associates of President Donald Trump of “rigging” the election.

Former Georgia election worker Wandrea “Shay” Moss is sworn in.
Former Georgia election worker Wandrea “Shay” Moss is sworn in. Reuters

At the beginning of her testimony, Moss introduced her mother to the committee.

Georgia deputy secretary of state denies ballot-smuggling claim

By Callie Patteson

Georgia Deputy Secretary of State Gabriel Sterling disputed former President Donald Trump's claim that at least 18,000 ballots for Joe Biden were smuggled to rig the 2020 presidential election.

"There's no physical way you can know who those ballots are for," Sterling began before detailing that Fulton County -- from where many of the Trump campaign's Georgia election fraud allegations stemmed -- had been subject to a monitor in the election.

"Fulton County for years has been an issue in our state when it comes to elections," Sterling said, adding that a monitor named Carter Jones was on site at the arena where the ballots were counted.

Rudy Giuliani tweet
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"Before he left the State Farm Arena, he noted how many ballots had been counted on each one of the machines and when he came back -- after we found out they were working again, he took note again when they closed. And I believe the final number was something like 8,900 total ballots were scanned ... so way below 18,000."

Witnesses dismissed

By Callie Patteson

Panel Chairman Bennie Thompson dismissed the first panel of witnesses at around 3:05 p.m., approximately two hours after the hearing began.

Raffensperger: 28,000 Georgians skipped 2020 presidential vote

By Samuel Chamberlain

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger told the select committee that 28,000 voters in the Peach State did not bother to cast a ballot in the presidential election, but did weigh in on other races.

"I've been traveling through the state of Georgia for a year now, and simply put, in a nutshell, what happened in the fall of 2020 is that 28,000 Georgians skipped the presidential race, and yet they voted downballot in other races," he said. "And one Republican congressman ended up getting 33,000 more votes than President [Donald] Trump.

"That's why President Trump came up short."

Trump lost Georgia by fewer than 12,000 votes to President Biden.

Georgia official: Fighting Trump's fraud claims like trying to empty ocean with a shovel

By Mark Moore

Gabriel Sterling, the COO/CFO for the Georgia Secretary of State’s Office, has also said it was "frustrating" trying to compete with then-President Donald Trump's continued claims that the 2020 election was rife with fraud. 

Georgia Deputy Secretary of State Gabriel Sterling
Georgia Deputy Secretary of State Gabriel Sterling (right) Reuters

He said that even though people wanted to believe in the legality of the election, ​they found it difficult ​because ​"​the president ​of the United ​States, who many looked up to and respected, was telling them it wasn't true.​"

​​​​"And ​I have characterized at one point it was kind of like a shovel trying to empty the ocean​."

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