(Jun. 23) The House committee investigating the 2021 insurrection at the US Capitol will focus on Donald Trump’s attempts to pressure top Justice Department officials to bolster his claims of election fraud in battleground states that Joe Biden won. Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson said the hearing will show that several of Trump’s Justice Department officials refused to participate in “the Big Lie” being pushed by the president and his allies about the election being stolen. Trump’s efforts culminated in a Jan. 3 confrontation in the Oval Office when the president backed off a plan to fire acting attorney general Jeff Rosen and install a more willing replacement only after threats of a mass resignation, according a Senate report based on testimony from participants. Rosen is among the witnesses scheduled to testify at the 3 p.m hearing, along with Richard Donoghue, then the acting deputy attorney general and Steven Engel, then the assistant attorney general in charge of the department’s Office of Legal Counsel. All three were present at the Jan. 3 meeting. “Some argued to the former president and public that the election was corrupt and stolen,” Rosen plans to tell the committee in his opening statement. “That view was wrong then and it is wrong today, and I hope our presence here today helps reaffirm that fact.” --- Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2TwO8Gm Subscribe to our newest channel Quicktake Explained: https://bit.ly/3iERrup Bloomberg Quicktake brings you live global news and original shows spanning business, technology, politics and culture. Make sense of the stories changing your business and your world. To watch complete coverage on Bloomberg Quicktake 24/7, visit http://www.bloomberg.com/qt/live, or watch on Apple TV, Roku, Samsung Smart TV, Fire TV and Android TV on the Bloomberg app. Have a story to tell? Fill out this survey for a chance to have it featured on Bloomberg Quicktake: https://cor.us/surveys/27AF30 Connect with us on… YouTube: null Breaking News on YouTube: null Twitter: https://twitter.com/quicktake Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/quicktake Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/quicktake