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Sunday, June 29, 2025

News brief: 4th Jan. 6 hearing, eastern Ukraine, cryptocurrency vulnerability - NPR

The House Jan. 6 panel holds another hearing. Russia is close to capturing Severodonetsk, a key city in the eastern part of Ukraine. Analysis shows cryptocurrency tech is vulnerable to tampering.
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:
Today we hear the story of a phone call.
LEILA FADEL, HOST:
It's the call former President Trump placed to a Georgia election official after he lost the 2020 election. Trump asked Brad Raffensperger to change the numbers and claim he'd won Georgia by a single vote.
(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)
DONALD TRUMP: I just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have.
FADEL: The Republican election official refused since, like thousands of other officials, he knew Trump lost. The House committee investigating the January 6 attack today calls on the man who received that call. He's one of several witnesses who will testify about Trump's efforts to snatch the electoral votes of several states.
INSKEEP: NPR congressional correspondent Deirdre Walsh joins us now....



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