Powerful photos show Georgia election workers terrorized by Trump telling their stories to the Jan. 6 Committee

Grace PanettaJun 28, 2022, 08:45 IST

U.S. Capitol Police Sgt. Harry Dunn greets Wandrea "Shaye" Moss, a former Georgia election worker, after she testified before the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. CapitolAP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin

Two former local Georgia election workers gave powerful testimony before the Jan. 6 Committee.
Shaye Moss and her mother Ruby Freeman faced life-changing threats and harassment after 2020.

Photographers captured Wandrea "Shaye" Moss, a former Georgia election worker falsely accused of criminal fraud by President Donald Trump and his allies, and her mother's Ruby Freeman's emotional testimony before the January 6 Committee in Tuesday's hearing, which focused on the pressure campaigns and harassment faced by state legislators and election officials following the 2020 election.

Moss said she was inspired by her grandmother to work in elections and "loved" getting to serve her community.

Wandrea "Shaye" Moss, a former Georgia election worker, is sworn in to testify before the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack.AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin

Moss testified with her mother, Ruby Freeman, at her side about how Trump and Giuliani singled them out and put them at the center of their lies about fraud in the 2020 election.

Wandrea "Shaye" Moss, a former Georgia election worker, is comforted by her mother Ruby Freeman, right, as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol continues to reveal its findings of a year-long investigationAP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin

Moss testified with her mother, Ruby Freeman, at her side about how Trump and Giuliani singled them out and put them at the center of their lies about fraud in the 2020 election.

Moss grew emotional at times describing how the torrent of "racist" and "hateful" harassment and abuse upended her life.

Wandrea "Shaye" Moss, a former Georgia election worker, wipes her eyes as she testifies before the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. CapitolAP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin

The committee also showed clips of Freeman's powerful closed-door testimony.

Ruby Freeman hugs her daughter, Wandrea "Shaye" Moss, a former Georgia election worker, after she testified beforet the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. CapitolAP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin

Several members of the January 6 Committee lined up to greet and hug Moss on their way out of the hearing room.

Rep. Elaine Luria, D-Va., greets Wandrea "Shaye" Moss, a former Georgia election worker, after she testified before the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. CapitolAP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin

Moss was also comforted by US Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn, who defended the Capitol on January 6.

Freeman also got hugs from Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson...

Ruby Freeman mother of Wandrea "Shaye" Moss, a former Georgia election worker, hugs Chairman Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss.,Jacquelyn Martin/AP

...and Rep. Liz Cheney, the committee's vice chair.

Vice chair Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., hugs Ruby Freeman, mother of Wandrea "Shaye" Moss, a former Georgia election workerJacquelyn Martin/AP

See the highlights from the January 6 committee's fifth public hearing

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Powerful photos show Georgia election workers terrorized by Trump telling their stories to the Jan. 6 Committee

Moss said she was inspired by her grandmother to work in elections and "loved" getting to serve her community.

Moss testified with her mother, Ruby Freeman, at her side about how Trump and Giuliani singled them out and put them at the center of their lies about fraud in the 2020 election.

Moss grew emotional at times describing how the torrent of "racist" and "hateful" harassment and abuse upended her life.

The committee also showed clips of Freeman's powerful closed-door testimony.

Several members of the January 6 Committee lined up to greet and hug Moss on their way out of the hearing room.

Moss was also comforted by US Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn, who defended the Capitol on January 6.

Freeman also got hugs from Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson...

...and Rep. Liz Cheney, the committee's vice chair.