A reporter spotted a senator on his phone.
A group of people tried to question Johnson.
The hearing contained text messages from a Johnson aide that appeared to be trying to overturn the election.
A reporter called out a Republican senator for pretending to be on his cellphone in order to avoid questions.
When reporters tried to question Johnson about the evidence presented, he walked away.
Text messages were sent by his chief of staff, Sean Riley, to an aide to the vice president, after the riot at the Capitol disrupted the process of certifying Joe Biden's victory in the 2020 election.
Riley told the Pence aide that he wanted to present the vice president with a list of fake electors who would vote for Trump. The request was rejected.
Johnson told reporters that he couldn't take questions about his knowledge of the events because he was on the phone.
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How much did you know about what your chief-of-staff was up to?
Johnson said he was on the phone.
You are not. I can see your device. "I'm able to see your screen," saidThorp.
Johnson put his phone down and said the evidence was not a story.
Johnson said he was unaware of the messages sent by his aide.
He said that he wasn't aware of it.
The figures behind the fake-elector scheme have been the focus of the public hearings.
Replacing the slate of electors sent by states to reflect the voting there with people who had agreed to ignore the results and vote for Trump in the Electoral College was part of the plan.
The way for the fake-elector ploy was opened by John Eastman, a Republican attorney, who lied about the authority to reject the election results.
The certification continued even after the riots.
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