Fiery Giuliani tells Michigan lawmakers election stolen, offers no credible evidence
from the Detroit Free Press 12/2/2020
Relying on conspiracies, innuendo and misinformation, Trump campaign attorney Rudy Giuliani implored Michigan lawmakers on Wednesday to take steps that would deliver the state's 16 electoral votes to President Donald Trump.
During an unorthodox hearing of the House Oversight Committee, Chairman Matt Hall, R-Emmett Township, essentially ceded control to Giuliani. Embodying his former role as prosecutor, Giuliani spent more than three hours asking questions of witnesses who accompanied him to the hearing as a means to present what the Trump campaign deems to be evidence of fraud.
"This is a swindle, it's a con job, it's the theft of an election," Giuliani said.
"They stole the election."
The hearing started shortly after 6 p.m. Before and during the hearing, protestors and counter-protestors chanted outside the Lansing building where the meeting took place. Crowds, including many people not wearing masks, stood outside and tried to get in for the meeting.
When it ended shortly after 10:30 p.m., the testimony did not show any evidence of widespread fraud.