"That kind of drama is the stuff of history," Ray Smock, a former historian of the U.S. House of Representatives, told ABC News. [211], Hutchinson said that Rudy Giuliani told her on January 2 that Trump and his allies planned to go to the Capitol on January 6. Here's what that means", "Jason Miller suggests Jan. 6 committee should have included what he said next on 2020 election analysis", "Takeaways from the prime-time January 6 committee hearing", "Jared and Ivanka, Without the Power or the Masks", "Three Characters at the Heart of an Unsettling Jan. 6 Narrative", "The Capitol Police and the Scars of Jan. 6", "Proud Boys Charged With Sedition in Capitol Attack", "Pence took lead as Trump initially resisted sending National Guard to Capitol", "Fact Check: Did Trump Call in the National Guard After Rioters Stormed the Capitol? [78] Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany tweeted on January 6 that former President Trump had "directed" the National Guard to respond. [217], Trump had insisted on specific language for his speech at the January 6 rally. You're gonna lose your entire department leadership. [167] (Biden had won the Georgia election by 11,779 votes.) Capitol Police officer Caroline Edwards also testified live and in-person; she was seriously injured[81] on January 6 while defending the Capitol against initial attacks by Proud Boys and during the mob violence that followed.[82]. Lofgren later said on CNN that the committee had evidence that members of Trump's family and inner circle had personally benefited from the post-election fundraising, specifically stating that Kimberly Guilfoyle had been paid $60,000 for delivering a 2.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}12 minute introduction at the Stop the Steal rally, though that fee was paid by Turning Point Action. MSNBC / Getty Images. Thursday's hearing, instead, will "take a step back" and look at the push to undo President Biden's win from a broader context. ", More video of Barr's testimony was presented. Trump devotees are the exception to that rule, but even they have dropped the 'nobody's watching the hearings' talking point that was trotted out in June. [157][151][158], The committee alleged that Eastman was aware his "coup memo" and other legal recommendations and political activities were potentially criminal. [297][298][299][300] Inspector General Joseph Cuffari, a Trump appointee, alerted Congress on July 13, 2022, that Secret Service communication records had been deleted, following a months-long delay in reporting the matter. It did something worse", "Fox News will air January 6 hearings, reflecting split between news and hosts", "Fox News Did Everything It Could to Keep Its Viewers From Learning the Truth About Jan. 6", "Fox News Doesn't Plan to Carry Jan. 6 Hearings Live", "Hannity tears into mainstream media for 'totally, completely' ignoring election fraud claims", "Commentary: Fox News helped create the Big Lie. The committee also showed prior videotaped testimony in which Hutchinson said the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers were mentioned in the context of planning the January 6 rally, especially in Giuliani's presence. 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Thompson and Liz Cheney to President Donald J. 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[269] Kellye SoRelle, a lawyer who assists the Oath Keepers and a volunteer attorney for the Trump campaign, named Stone, Info War's Alex Jones, and pro-Trump organizer Ali Alexander as the people who organized the January 2021 Stop the Steal rallies. [193], White House call logs from the afternoon of January 3 showed that officials within the Oval Office were already referring to Clark as the "Acting Attorney General" although not having been officially appointed to the position. Fellas, I need 11,000 votes. Jan 6 Hearings. PublishedOctober 13, 2022 at 12:37 PM EDT, Two painters, two women, two portraits one fascinating story of artistic influence, Vet the Vote encourages veterans to help out with the shortage of election workers, Chinese Tesla competitor unveils plans for flying car, Justice Department reports on sexual assaults by federal corrections employees, A new book's behind-the-scenes look at Congress' Jan. 6 Capitol riot investigation, Jan. 6 committee recesses until September after primetime spectacle, A majority thinks Trump is to blame for Jan. 6 but won't face charges, poll finds, Jan. 6 panel shows evidence of coordination between far-right groups and Trump allies, Adrienne Kennedy akennedy@wlrn.org (305)-995-2256, FRIENDS OF WLRN, INC. AS MEDIA MANAGER OF WLRN PUBLIC MEDIA. Witnesses described their experiences on that day and efforts to protect the Capitol and elected officials. [7][8] They testified under oath. on january 6, 2021, donald trump's attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election culminated in a mob of trump's supporters attacking the capitol building in washington, d.c. [48] the house of representatives passed a bill to create a bipartisan independent commission to investigate the attack, modeled after the 9/11 commission, but it While Democrats have tried to make the threat to democracy a focus of the midterms, with President Joe Biden framing the 2022 midterms as a referendum on extremist MAGA Republicans, surveys show the economy, abortion and crime are the top issues for voters. [278] This hearing shared information revealed by Pat Cipollone during testimony. "[253], In response to the sixth hearing, conservative author David French wrote an article for The Dispatch titled "The Case for Prosecuting Donald Trump Just Got Much Stronger." Because I only need 11,000 votes. The second hearing on June 13, 2022, focused on evidence showing that Trump knew he lost and that most of his inner circle knew claims of fraud did not have merit. "[265] Ayres also stated that he did not plan to go to the U.S. Capitol until Trump encouraged the Ellipse crowd to do so. As the attack lasted several hours, the video contained timestamps to illustrate the timeline. [50] The hearings are part of the select committee's investigation. "[212], She testified that Trump wanted to appear in-person at the Capitol following his speech to supporters. According to The New York Times, this final July hearing focused on evidence and witness testimony that highlighted two significant positions that the select committee wanted to communicate to the American people. That number was unchanged from a poll ABC News and Ipsos conducted in January, well before the hearings began. The video began with scenes of roughly 200 Proud Boys leading the assault on the Capitol. [267][268] Documented draft speeches were also revealed showing that Trump had in fact edited his January 6, 2021 Ellipse speech as well, to include negative words towards Vice President Mike Pence. Acting Defense Secretary Christopher C. Miller had publicly stated so on the day of the attack. They would attempt to overturn that 2024 election in the same way that they attempted to overturn the 2020 election, but succeed in 2024 where they failed in 2020. U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kelly, at the sentencing hearing for a U.S. Capitol riot defendant, warned of parallels between the Jan. 6 insurrection and the election preceding the U.S. Civil . [197], Extracts of a January 11 email sent by Alabama Rep. Mo Brooks were shared. Panel members made reference to a federal district court opinion in which the Judge David O. Carter said Trump had "likely" violated two federal statutes and staged a "coup in search of a legal theory". The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol holds a hearing, Oct. 13, 2022, in Washington. [151] He also said that John Eastman had told him privately that he didn't expect a single Supreme Court Justice would support the validity of the fake electors scheme. Without accountability, it all becomes normal and it will recur.". "[55], This was the first of the hearings for broadcast on live television and was held during prime time. The women and their family members were subjected to anti-Black racist smears and death threats and were warned by the FBI that they would not be safe in their home. Committee hearings and meetings are often available to watch LIVE via webcast, below: **Please note that live webcasts are only available when Committee hearings are in progress.**. It takes a little while, but let the truth come out. "[305] Congress also obtained a July 2021 e-mail, from deputy inspector general Thomas Kait, who told senior DHS officials there was no longer a need for any Secret Service phone records or text messages. Pence responded that he knew and trusted his security chief, but that he was not the one driving the car. Thompson called it a "coup". [156], According to a timeline presented by the committee, by 2:10pm the Capitol had been breached and the mob began swarming in. That's a you know, that's a criminal that's a criminal offense. Most networks are expected to cover . [265], In her closing statement, Liz Cheney stated that Donald Trump attempted to contact an unidentified witness who has yet to appear in the hearings, hinting at the possibility of witness tampering: "That person declined to answer or respond to President Trumps call, and instead alerted their lawyer to the call. [243], Ornato led Trump's Secret Service detail until the president named him White House deputy chief of staff for operations in December 2019; Ornato took an unprecedented leave of absence from his civil service Secret Service position to accept the political appointment. [15] Conversations within Trump's inner circle revealed White House officials knew, days in advance of January 6, that violence was possible. Trump lawyer hangs Steve Bannon lawyer our to dry on January 6 hearings. [218][219], Some people brought weapons, including AR-15s, to Trump's speech, according to police radio transmissions. The plan was to file a lawsuit and have a pending case with the Supreme Court, thus delaying the Senate's count of Biden's electors. On the day before the Capitol attack, Luttig hadat the request of Pence's aidespublicly opined that the vice president had no constitutional authority to intervene in the election certification, which Pence cited in his January 6 letter stating he would not intervene. [265] One notable example came from Kelly Meggs, the head of the Florida Oath Keepers, who posted a message on Facebook pledging that his group would "work together" with the Three-Percenters and Proud Boys, two other right-wing extremist groups, just hours after the tweet was posted. The House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack (more commonly known as the January 6 Committee) is holding a series of hearings to share the finding of a year-long. [280] Robinson stated that he was told firsthand that Trump got into a "heated discussion" about wanting to go to the U.S. The Guardian wrote that "Taken together, the new revelations appear to show that the chief watchdog for the Secret Service and the DHS took deliberate steps to stop the retrieval of texts it knew were missing, and then sought to hide the fact that it had decided not to pursue that evidence. Pence then spent the next five hours in a secure underground location within the Capitol Building complex. The committee is also making extensive use of video from a number of sources, including sworn deposition testimony obtained earlier. And while Trump undoubtedly has been the focus of the Jan. 6 hearings, he remains a top figure in the Republican Party. But has the committee succeeded in swaying public opinion? [258] More video testimony was also featured from Trump's former Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia, who was revealed to have written a memo which requested a Cabinet meeting following the January 6, 2021 attack. The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol held its ninth public hearing on Thursday, the last before the November midterm elections. But it may have laid the groundwork for criminal prosecution", "Jan. 6 panel weighs new DOJ cooperation after Trump world subpoenas - Select committee chair Bennie Thompson said "it's time for the committee to determine whether or not the information we've gathered can be beneficial to their investigation. A coda to its public hearings, the subpoena might not. And this committee has supplied that information to the Department of Justice. [301][302] According to The Washington Post, the whistleblowers who revealed this delay said they "shared a concern that Cuffari's office not alerting congressional investigators to the missing records reduced the chances of recovering critical pieces of evidence related to the Jan. 6 attack. Give me a breakI think you're going to find that they are shredding ballots because they have to get rid of the ballots because the ballots are unsigned, the ballots are are corrupt and they're brand new and they don't have seals and there's a whole thing with the ballots, but the ballots are corrupt and you're going to find that they are which is totally illegal. According to Quested, they then walked around the Capitol while taking some pictures and observed a sole police officer at the barricades by the Peace Circle. ", "Former acting defense secretary testifies he was trying to avoid another Kent State on Jan. 6", "Former Trump campaign manager to testify before Jan. 6 committee on Monday", "Former U.S. attorney in Atlanta says Trump wanted to fire him for not backing election fraud claims", "Trump Knew His Election Fraud Claims Were A Big Lie, Trump's Own Aides Said", "Former Fox News Editor Says He'll Testify At Next Jan. 6 Hearing", "Conservative election attorney Ben Ginsberg to testify to January 6 committee on Monday", "Committee to focus on how Trump's 'big lie' fueled the insurrection", "Trump Campaign Chief to Headline Jan. 6 Hearing on Election Lies", "Trump Listened To A Drunk Rudy Giuliani Before Declaring Victory On Election Night", "Trump's inner circle pushed back as he claimed the election was stolen. The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol has postponed a hearing scheduled for Wednesday due to Hurricane Ian . [208][209] Ms. Hutchinson obtained her own security prior to her public appearance,[210] and the committee enhanced its security for the sixth hearing at which she testified. Cheney said Trump's efforts were part of a "sophisticated seven-part plan", which the committee hearings would establish. [226][227], CNN reported three days after Hutchinson's testimony that it had spoken with two Secret Service agents who had heard accounts of the incident from multiple other agents since February 2021, including Trump's driver. "[249], On the same day as Hutchinson's testimony, anonymous conspiracy theorist "Q" posted to 8kun,[250] claiming Hutchinson was involved in a plot to disparage Trump. Chesebro wrote that Justice Thomas would be the key figure necessary, if the plan were to succeed, because he would be the justice assigned to dealing with any emergency legal matters sent to the southeastern region's Eleventh Circuit court. LIVE January 6 House Select Committee holds its final planned public hearing today CBS News 2.2K views 1 hour ago New Day 2 of verdict watch: Nikolas Cruz Trial, Oct 13, Day 35 WPLG Local. It's simple. According to several video clips of prior testimony shown by the committee: Cheney observed the White House counsel Pat Cipollone and his team of lawyers had threatened to resign in response to an increasingly hostile climate of lawless activity within the Oval Office. . She said White House attorney Eric Herschmann "chimed in" with his input. Capitol. [283] Never-before-seen footage of Trump's January 7, 2021 speech criticizing the January 6 attack was also released which revealed Trump's hesitance to make the speech as it was written. [161][162], The fourth televised hearing examined a scheme to refuse and return certified Biden elector slates back to seven key states, which had Republican-controlled legislatures. And the truth the real truth is I won by 400,000 votes, at least. The public hearings of the United States House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack, often called the January 6th Hearings, are an ongoing series of televised congressional investigations by the United States House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack about events related to the January 6 United States Capitol attack. She said a witness, whom she did not name, told the committee they had received multiple such messages prior to giving testimony to the committee: "What they said to me is, as long as I continue to be a team player, they know that I'm on the team, I'm doing the right thing, I'm protecting who I need to protect, you know, I'll continue to stay in good graces in Trump world. I'm telling you what's going to happen. . Shortly before the committee hearing, Trump released a statement saying that Bowers had privately agreed with him in November 2020 that the Arizona election was rigged and stolen, but Bowers specifically denied Trump's allegation during the hearing while under oath. It was something like I'd seen out of the movies. And will that be a factor in the midterm elections? There must be stiff consequences for those responsible. [244][245] Politico reported two days after Hutchinson's testimony that members of the committee were skeptical of Ornato's credibility due to assertions made in his January and March depositions.
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