TERRY GROSS, HOST:
This is FRESH AIR. I’m Terry Gross. It’s difficult to keep up with all the latest developments in the investigation by the House committee examining the January 6 attack on the Capitol and the attempts by Trump and his allies to overturn the results of the election. Here to help us is my guest, Luke Broadwater, who has been covering the committee for The New York Times, where he’s a congressional correspondent. Some of the aspects of the investigation we’ll talk about include the plans in swing states to submit false slates of electors and Trump’s role and proposals to seize voting machines to search for evidence of fraud that could overturn the results of the election.
Broadwater co-wrote an article about how the committee is using aggressive tactics typically used against mobsters and terrorists as it seeks to break through stonewalling from Trump and his allies and develop evidence that could prompt a criminal case against the former president. We recorded our interview yesterday.
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