Jan 6 hearings: Raffensperger debunks Trump’s baseless fraud claim: ‘The numbers don’t lie’ – as it happened

9.45pm BST

Closing summary

The fourth hearing of the January 6 committee explored both the official effort to overturn the 2020 election and the impact of personal attacks by Trump and his lawyer Rudy Giuliani against a pair of Georgia poll workers. Meanwhile, Congress is in the midst of a flurry of legislating, with lawmakers days away from taking a two-week break.

Here’s what else happened today:

• South Dakota state attorney general Jason Ravnsborg lied to investigators and abused the power of his office after he struck and killed a pedestrian, prosecutors argued earlier today at the opening of an impeachment trial that could remove him from office.
• Documentary film maker Alex Holder is cooperating with a subpoena by the House select committee investigating the attack on the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, and related events. He filmed interviews with Trump and family.
• Congress is inching towards votes on a bipartisan gun control compromise reached between Republicans and Democrats, spurred on by the Uvalde school massacre as well as the racist killings at a grocery store in Buffalo.
• The US Supreme Court has struck down a state-funded program in Maine that covers the costs of some private schools — but only those that are nonsectarian.

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9.14pm BST

The testimony by Ruby Freeman and Wandrea “Shaye” Moss was the emotional climax of the January 6 committee’s fourth hearing, as they detailed how being personally attacked by Trump ruined their lives. Their experience is unfortunately not unique.

Alexander Vindman, a prominent witness in Trump’s first impeachment investigation, tweeted his support:

Lady Ruby and Shaye,

I know what it’s like to have the President of the United States attack me. Stay strong. We are better than him and we will prevail. Much love!

— Alexander S. Vindman (@AVindman) June 21, 2022

Former US attorney and Trump foe Preet Bharara weighed in:

If Shaye Moss can come testify, so can Mike Pence

— Preet Bharara (@PreetBharara) June 21, 2022