Matt Pottinger, former deputy national security adviser, and Sarah Matthews, former White House deputy press secretary, are sworn in to testify as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol holds a hearing at the Capitol in Washington on Thursday. J. SCOTT APPLEWHITE
By Lisa Mascaro, Farnoush Amiri and Eric Tucker Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite desperate pleas from aides, allies, a Republican congressional leader and even…