Cheney says Trump directed effort to overturn election and latest proposal for stadium interchange is smaller and cheaper

Jan. 6 committee says probe reveals Trump led and directed effort to overturn 2020 election.

• Rep. Liz Cheney said former President Donald Trump “oversaw and coordinated a sophisticated 7-part plan to overturn the presidential election." The hearing Monday at 10 a.m. will explore how Trump and his advisers knew he lost the 2020 election, but still spread false and fraudulent information, Cheney said.

• The hearing Wednesday at 10 a.m. will reveal Trump corruptly planning to replace Acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen, Cheney said. The hearing Thursday at 1 p.m. will describe Trump’s pressure on Vice President Mike Pence to reject state electors. The fifth June hearing will focus on Trump pressuring officials in states he lost to change their results, particularly in Georgia where he urged them to “find” 11,780 votes he needed to win. The final two hearings in June will cover Trump summoning a mob and directing them to march on the Capitol, and then failing to stop the violence, Cheney said.

• The committee produced video clips from a documentary about the Proud Boys, Oath Keepers, and other white nationalist groups who participated in the attack on the U.S. Capitol – and Trump's incitement of them. The film replayed Trump's infamous 2020 presidential debate comment about the Proud Boys — "stand back and stand by" — and his tweet encouraging people to travel to Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. Many violent offenders said they believed they were acting at Trump's behest. "We have obtained substantial evidence showing that the president's December 19th tweet, calling his followers to D.C. on January 6th, energized individuals from the Proud Boys and other extremist groups," said committee chairman Bennie Thompson.

• A day after the attack, Fox News host Sean Hannity texted White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany about what Trump needed: "No more crazy people" and "no more stolen election talk ... Many people will quit."McEnany texted back: “Love that. Thank you. That is the playbook.” Trump did not heed that advice

New Stadium Interchange proposal is significantly smaller and cheaper

• DOT officials briefed local elected officials on the I-94 East-West corridor project developments this week, sharing the designs and other updates to the project. Among the new considerations is a "diverging diamond interchange," which is a traffic pattern that results in vehicles driving on the opposite side of the road, in a weaving pattern, with the use of traffic signals, for a short period of time. The new proposal also shows a street-level Wis. 175 both north and south of I-94.

• This new rendering shows a much scaled-down version of the Stadium Interchange, which many called for after the release of the original interchange rendering last year. The original plans and rendering showed an interchange that is significantly bigger than the current interchange. The new design proposal would also be significantly cheaper, the DOT said, roughly $70 - $90 million less than the original design.

• The DOT is hosting two informational meetings for the public to voice their thoughts with officials and learn more about the plans. Those two meetings will be held Tuesday, June 14 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Tommy Thompson Youth Center (State Fair Park, Gate 5), 640 S. 84th Street and Wednesday, June 15 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Marquette University High School, 3401 W. Wisconsin Avenue (enter from Michigan Street parking lot)

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