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Former Fox News political editor Chris Stirewalt gets the spotlight at Jan. 6 committee hearing

Fired Fox News political editor Chris Stirewalt was once a voice at former President Donald Trump's preferred TV news outlet. So when Stirewalt told viewers on election night in 2020 that Trump lost Arizona to Joe Biden — creating a major obstacle to Trump's potential to capture 270 electoral votes — it had to hurt. Stirewalt, who now works for the cable channel NewsNation, appeared Monday as ...
Photographers jostle for position as witness Chris Stirewalt, a former Fox News political editor who was fired by the network, gets ready to testify during a hearing before the House Select Committee to Investigate the Jan. 6 attack, in the Cannon House Office Building on Monday, June 13, 2022, in Washington, D.C..

Fired Fox News political editor Chris Stirewalt was once a voice at former President Donald Trump's preferred TV news outlet.

So when Stirewalt told viewers on election night in 2020 that Trump lost Arizona to Joe Biden — creating a major obstacle to Trump's potential to capture 270 electoral votes — it had to hurt.

Stirewalt, who now works for the cable channel NewsNation, appeared Monday as the first witness on the second day of the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol and Trump's alleged role in inciting the incident.

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