Mazie Hirono: “Rioters on January 6th sought to stop this process to…”

“And you testified today that it is the Electoral College that matters in determining who is the president. So the House and Senate was in the process of certifying the electoral votes on January 6th. Do you acknowledge that Rioters on January 6th sought to stop this process to prevent Joe Biden from being the president. That's a yes or no question. So I understand that the counting electoral votes was interrupted on January 6. I want to be very careful in getting beyond too much farther beyond that because there is still active litigation.” (03:08–03:18)

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