GOP Senator Ron Johnson is embroiled in a new scandal after text messages released by the Jan. 6 committee showed Johnson pushing Donald Trump’s elector fraud plot on the Senate floor on January 6. When reporters pressed Johnson on his involvement, he pretended to take a phone call to avoid answering any questions. This report by MSNBC’s Ari Melber, and the reporters who were on the scene, fact-check Johnson’s statements.
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