Daily News | Former voting official Al Schmidt testifies before Jan. 6 committee, as Barr calls 2020 Philly fraud claims ‘rubbish’
Al Schmidt, the only Republican official in Philadelphia to oversee voting during the 2020 presidential election, on Monday told the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol that with a single tweet, then-President Donald Trump unleashed a barrage of death threats against him and his family because of his refusal to back Trump’s false fraud claims.
One message sent to a family member threatened to fatally shoot them and their children. “Heads on spikes. Treasonous Schmidts,” readthe committee’s second public hearing “The turnout in Philadelphia was absolutely in line with the rest of Pennsylvania,” Barr said. “There was nothing strange about the Philadelphia turnout.”Scott Perry, Philly Proud Boys, and more: Pa. had a starring role in the first Jan. 6 committee hearing
Schmidt, who in January left his post as one of three city commissioners who oversee local elections, has been a vocal defender of the legitimacy of elections since the 2020 vote, and has broken with his party on numerous occasions to call out Trump’s false claims of fraud. No Republican official in Pennsylvania offered support for Schmidt as Trump and his supporters launched attacks against him. He has previously described the behavior of some Trump supporters in the post-election period as “very deranged.”
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