1 big thing

Pressure to the breaking point for election officials

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The fourth public hearing this month by the January 6th committee focused on how former President Trump and key allies put pressure on election officials, to promote the lie that there was widespread election fraud in 2020. Many of the witnesses testified on the personal toll that Trump’s lies were taking on them and their families.

  • Plus: new details of the failed response in Uvalde.
  • And: how companies can think differently to get and keep workers today.

    • Guests: Axios' Alayna Treene and Jim VandeHei.

    Credits: Axios Today is produced by Niala Boodhoo, Sara Kehaulani Goo, Alexandra Botti, Nuria Marquez Martinez, Lydia McMullen-Laird and Alex Sugiura. Music is composed by Evan Viola. You can reach us at [email protected]. You can text questions, comments and story ideas to Niala as a text or voice memo to 202-918-4893.

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    • Texas claims "abject failure" by Uvalde cops
    • The rise of aspirational capitalism
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