{"id":1513524,"date":"2022-06-13T11:49:16","date_gmt":"2022-06-13T15:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1513524"},"modified":"2022-06-13T11:49:21","modified_gmt":"2022-06-13T15:49:21","slug":"pelosis-political-theater-just-lost-its-star-witness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pelosis-political-theater-just-lost-its-star-witness\/","title":{"rendered":"Pelosi\u2019s Political Theater Just Lost Its \u2018Star Witness\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpelosis-political-theater-just-lost-its-star-witness%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1513524&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>The House Select committee lost its \u201cstar witness,\u201d former Trump campaign manager Bill Stepien, due to a \u201cfamily emergency\u201d Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The committee delayed its schedule by 30-45 minutes after the announcement that <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/08\/03\/sooner-trumps-campaign-manager-debates-early-voting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stepien<\/a> would not be testifying in Monday\u2019s hearing that is set to focus on former President Donald Trump\u2019s election fraud claims during and after the 2020 presidential election, The Hill <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/news\/house\/3521053-ex-trump-campaign-manager-will-miss-jan-6-hearing-for-family-emergency\/?email=d1de3e639d7dc123a435bb5076426b6d715a0f97&#038;emaila=56b2922aa75db42e69d122704a1046cb&#038;emailb=bf707b901b554730181bbc609e50c98b17eaf84247ffc7a818b3b806c416edcb&#038;utm_source=Sailthru&#038;utm_medium=email&#038;utm_campaign=06.13.22%20GR%20Stepien&#038;utm_term=Breaking%20News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDue to a family emergency, Mr. William Stepien is unable to testify before the Select Committee this morning,\u201d the committee\u2019s statement read, according to The Hill. \u201cHis counsel will appear and make a statement on the record.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Persons familiar with the matter reported that Stepien\u2019s wife is in labor, The Hill reported.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Am told Stepien\u2019s wife is in labor.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kaitlancollins\/status\/1536344380843253760?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 13, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Stepien had been seen as a major witness in the panel\u2019s hopes to to prove that the former president\u2019s claims on election fraud set the stage for the Capitol riot, the outlet reported. He was subpoenaed by the committee in November, citing his involvement in the \u201cStop the Steal\u201d rallies and claiming there were issues with voting machines. The panel is seeking information on what Trump\u2019s campaign officials were telling the former president about the election results. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/06\/09\/bennie-thompson-invokes-kkk-slavery-lynching-january-6-hearing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: It Took Only Minutes For Dem To Invoke KKK, Slavery During Jan. 6 Hearing)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He had ordered the campaign to ask \u201cstates to delay or deny certification of electoral votes and by sending multiple slates of electoral votes to the United States Congress,\u201d the subpoena said in November, according to The Hill.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Select Committee will present evidence that Trump knew he lost the 2020 election but continued to spread false claims of election fraud,\u201d the committee said Monday. \u201cTrump\u2019s false claims set the stage for the violent attack on January 6.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Select Committee will present evidence that Trump knew he lost the 2020 election but continued to spread false claims of election fraud.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s false claims set the stage for the violent attack on January 6. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/X7gJgyRl5E\">https:\/\/t.co\/X7gJgyRl5E<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 January 6th Committee (@January6thCmte) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/January6thCmte\/status\/1536351664059318278?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 13, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It is unknown if Stepien was considered to be a cooperative witness, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n<p>Trump spokesman Taylor Budowich said the subpoena was politically motivated by Republican Wyoming <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/05\/29\/trump-liz-cheney-wyoming-rally\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rep. Liz Cheney<\/a>, who is being challenged by Trump-endorsed Republican candidate Harriet Hageman. Stepien currently serves as her top campaign adviser, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/2022-midterm-elections-capitol-siege-donald-trump-campaigns-presidential-070ced9a013c58cf001d6d4137e4abc0?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&#038;utm_medium=AP&#038;utm_source=Twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> the Associated Press.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">The day after a poll was released showing [Liz Cheney] <\/span>getting destroyed by Trump-endorsed [Hageman], <span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">the committee just happened to subpoena Stepien, who is running Harriet\u2019s campaign. This circus is beyond an embarrassment and will forever stain the integrity of congress,\u201d Budowich <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TayFromCA\/status\/1536072398843174913\">said<\/a> on Twitter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Witnesses <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nicholaswu12\/status\/1536065442501955584\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">scheduled<\/a> to testify at the hearing include former Fox News political editor Chris Stirewalt, who was <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/01\/19\/fox-news-layoffs-digital-joe-biden-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">laid off<\/a> by the network after announcing Arizona\u2019s results for then-Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden during the 2020 election. Election attorney Benjamin Ginsberg, former U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia BJay Pak, and former Philadelphia city commissioner Al Schmidt will also testify, the AP noted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The House Select committee lost its \u201cstar witness,\u201d former Trump campaign manager Bill Stepien, due to a \u201cfamily emergency\u201d Monday.The committee delayed its schedule by 30-45 minutes after the announcement<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":198,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1513524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1513524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/198"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1513524"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1513524\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1513524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1513524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1513524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}