Who is Benjamin Ginsberg?

The House Select committee investigating Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election result and the January 6 Capitol riot will on Monday hold its second hearing. Chairman Rep. Bennie Thompson’s team will examine the former President’s claims of voter fraud. 

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Trump’s campaign manager Bill Stepien, former Fox Political Editor Chris Stirewalt, former Election Attorney Benjamin Ginsberg, former US Attorney Northern District of Georgia BJay Pak and former Philadelphia City Commissioner Al Schmidt will testify on Monday. 

Nine people died in the riot and its aftermath, including a Trump supporter shot and killed by police. More than 800 people have been arrested in the siege, and members of two extremist groups have been indicted on rare sedition charges over their roles leading the charge into the Capitol.

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Who is Benjamin Ginsberg?

Former election attorney Benjamin Ginsberg, as per CNN sources, is expected to testify that there was no evidence of widespread fraud in the 2020 election. The 70-year-old will likely speak about the court cases filed by Donald Trump’s team.

Ginsberg, in September 2020 (before the election), spoke widely about the weakness in Trump’s false claims about voter fraud. Affiliated with the Republican party, he is an expert on election fraud.  

Ginsberg joined an American international law firm Jones Day in 2014. He was made partner before retiring in August 2020. He has also worked at Patton Boggs, LLP. 

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Benjamin Ginsberg was the national counsel to the Bush-Cheney presidential campaigns in the 2004 and 2000 election cycle. He was the central figure in the 2000 Florida recount. He served a the national counsel to the Romney for his presidential run. 

Ginsberg is currently the counsel to the Republican Governors Association. In addition to his legal acumen, he has also worked as the newspaper reporter at The Boston Globe, Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, The Berkshire Eagle (Massachusetts), and The Riverside Press-Enterprise (California). He has been a fellow at Harvard University’s Institute of Politics.