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On Tuesday, state election officials recounted how Trump supporters threatened them and their families after they refused to help the former president overturn his 2020 election defeat.

The congressional committee investigating the deadly Jan. 6, 2021 assault on the U.S. Capitol by Trump supporters shifted its focus on Tuesday to the Republicans' pressuring of state officials as Trump sought to remain in the White House despite losing.

It was the fourth of at least six public hearings the nine-member Select Committee is holding this month on its nearly yearlong investigation of the attack on the Capitol by thousands of Trump supporters as Vice President Mike Pence met with members of Congress to formally certify Trump's defeat by Democrat Joe Biden.

"We received ... in excess of 20,000 emails and tens of thousands of voice mails and texts, which saturated our offices, and we were unable to work, at least communicate," Arizona House of Representatives Speaker Rusty Bowers told the U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee investigating the attack on the Capitol.

Another witness who testified is a Georgia election worker who, along with her mother, said they've faced severe public harassment from Trump allies.

After the hearings, the committee says its investigation will continue and panel members will eventually have to decide whether they have found criminal activity and if so, whether they should refer it to the Justice Department. The department, which is conducting its own investigation, could take or leave the recommendation.

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