Third panel hearing will show Trump’s pressure on Pence to overturn election

Ex-president leaned on then vice-president to reject certified electors despite being told scheme was unlawful

The House select committee investigating the January 6 Capitol attack intends to outline at its third hearing on Thursday how Donald Trump corruptly pressured then vice-president Mike Pence to reject the congressional certification of Joe Biden's win in the 2020 presidential election and directly contributed to the insurrection.

The panel will first examine the genesis of Trump's pressure campaign on Pence to adopt an unconstitutional and unlawful plan to reject certified electors from certain states at the congressional certification in an attempt to give Trump a second presidential term.