WARNING: This video may include strong and disturbing language and images.The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack will hold its eighth public hea. 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. WASHINGTON (AP) The House Jan. 6 committee voted unanimously Thursday to subpoena Donald Trump, demanding the former president's personal testimony as it unveiled startling new video from his. [4][318] Nielsen Media Research estimates that at least 20million households watched the first hearing on traditional television, comparable to the average rating for NBC Sunday Night Football, which ranks as television's number one program. [53], On July 27, 2021, the committee held a hearing titled "The Law Enforcement Experience on January 6th [2021]". Witnesses described their experiences on that day and efforts to protect the Capitol and elected officials. The President is on Truth Social [Her] testimony in and of itself is really, really powerful. 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Jan 6 Hearings. The October ABC News/Ipsos poll found 64% of registered Republican voters think Trump should have a great deal or good amount of influence on the future direction of the party. MSNBC / Getty Images. The panel is expected to complete the report by the end of the year. [179] The state party had censured other leaders the previous year for criticizing Trump.[180]. By the end of July, after eight hearings, those numbers were practically the same: 64% said Jan. 6 was a riot, 52% said it was an insurrection, and 35% said it was legitimate protest. Although details differed, agents confirmed there was an angry confrontation, with one agent relating that Trump "tried to lunge over the seat for what reason, nobody had any idea," but no one asserted Trump assaulted Engel. [230], Hutchinson testified that during the riot she wrote down from Meadows' dictation a proposed statement the president might release, instructing the insurgents to leave the Capitol. "[12][13], The fifth hearing on June 23, 2022, focused on Trump's pressure campaign on the Justice Department to rubber stamp his narrative of a stolen election, the insistence on numerous debunked election fraud conspiracy theories, requests to seize voting machines, and Trump's effort to install Jeffrey Clark as acting attorney general. When she reported this to her boss, Meadows, he "didn't look up from his phone and said something to the effect of 'things might get real, real bad'." [80] Documentary filmmaker Nick Quested provided testimony during the live hearing; he was embedded with the Proud Boys on January 6. He had drawn Trump's ire for refusing to publicly announce the city's election results were rife with fraud. The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol holds what could be its final hearing. [276] It was two hours and 48 minutes and was broadcast on prime time television. Representative Bennie Thompson, chairman of the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the US Capitol, left . 22:39, Josh Marcus. Insiders have said former president Trump was not necessarily pleased with this strategy and felt there was "no one to defend" him. [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. After Stirewalt defended that journalistic choice, Fox News fired him in January 2021. [259][260] The focus of the hearing was connections, including Roger Stone and Michael Flynn, between the Trump administration and militia groups such as the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys. Please check the schedule on the Committee homepage or the Committee Calendar on Docs.House.gov to verify time and location for the next Commitee hearing or event. [192] The committee presented text messages from December 26, 2020, between Rep. Perry and Mark Meadows, that revealed the congressman's role in the attempted scheme that unfolded days later to oust Rosen and install Clark as the top DOJ official. Jan. 6 hearings: Day 8 details Trump's refusal to stop Capitol riot . [78] Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany tweeted on January 6 that former President Trump had "directed" the National Guard to respond. The second televised hearing concentrated on both how and why Trump and surrogates spread false claims of voter fraud in various jurisdictions proliferated following the 2020 United States presidential election. The violence was no accident. It will be the first public committee event since July, when the last hearing concluded for a summer break. Meadows, however, reminded Cipollone of Trump's current feelings that Pence "deserves it" and that Trump "doesn't think they're doing anything wrong. This . [199][193] Cassidy Hutchinson, an aide to Meadows, previously told the committee that Rep. Jim Jordan also talked generally about pardons for members of Congress. In the end, he found only 74 votes from people who had been ineligible to vote because of felony convictions and only 4 votes in the names of deceased people. A narrow majority of Americans said it would make them less likely to vote for that candidate, but just 3% said it would cause them not to vote in November. As later scenes showed a violent rampage, audio was overlaid of Trump later saying, "The love in the air. It focused on Trump's three hours of inaction during the Capitol insurrection, and his resistance to calls to tell his. Most networks are expected to cover . He told Cuccinelli "you're not doing your job. [84], It was always known that Pence gave the order. Their lawyer alerted us. "[314], According to CNN, "the committee has certainly succeeded in keeping the attention of America's political junkies. And will that be a factor in the midterm elections? At times he could not control his laughter at the absurdity of some fraud allegations, such as the ", John Wood Investigative counsel for the Select Committee, Wandrea "Shaye" Moss Employee of the Department of Registration and Elections in, "Lady" Ruby Freeman Mother of Wandrea "Shaye" Moss, present in person but heard via pre-recorded testimony, Josh Roselman investigative counsel for the Select Committee, Casey Lucier investigative counsel for the Select Committee, Matt Morgan General counsel, Trump campaign, "Lady" Ruby Freeman mother of Wandrea "Shaye" Moss, present in person but heard via pre-recorded testimony, Bradley Johnson retired CIA Chief of Station, Nick Luna White House special assistant to the President, Jason Van Tatenhove Former national media director for the, This page was last edited on 3 November 2022, at 20:17. 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. [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. [16], The seventh hearing on July 12, 2022, showed how Roger Stone and Michael Flynn connected Trump to domestic militias like the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys that helped coordinate the attack. The numbers don't lie. NSC chat logs from just after 2 p.m. show live updates on the breach of the Capitol . "[317] For example, Hayes said their skipping of commercial breaks would cost the network unknown thousands of dollars but tended to keep viewers from switching to the other networks, where they would have found live hearing coverage. The note was displayed during the hearing, and Hutchinson confirming it was in her handwriting. 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. The solicitation raised some $250 million in total, nearly $100 million in the first week. Throughout the hearing, graphic video footage captured during the attack was shown. Another video clip was then shown in which Jared Kushner characterized Cipollone's concerns as "whining." New subpoenas have been issued, and the dam has begun to break We have considerably more to do. "[3] In addition, the panel described "known links and conversations between political actors close to Mr. Trump and extremists. The Department of Justice spoke to a confidential witness who traveled to Washington with the Proud Boys and swore under oath that they would have killed Pence and Speaker Nancy Pelosi if given the chance. CNN also reported that the DHS Office of Legislative Affairs would make involved agents available to the committee for sworn testimony, at which time they would be prepared to say the incident did not occur. The hearing recapped former President Donald Trump's central role in efforts to subvert the. "[165], The committee revealed a text message sent by Senator Ron Johnson's aide Sean Riley minutes before the vote certification began on January 6. "[173][174] Ms. Moss said that the false accusations made against her had impacted her well-being "in a major way in every way all because of lies. Kinzinger's wife received a handwritten letter that threatened to execute her, her husband and their five-month-old baby. [212] She said that White House counsel Pat Cipollone tried to prevent anyone from the White House from marching to the Capitol and told her personally: "Please make sure we don't go up to the Capitol, Cass. "[175], Fox News anchor Martha MacCallum acknowledged on June 21 after the fourth hearing: "The lack of [election fraud] evidence is the huge stunning clear moment here, where these [Republican] people are saying, 'Look, I supported you, please give me something to work with,' and it simply doesn't materialize. [3][18] The committee and panel of witnesses discussed "the rise of the right-wing domestic violent extremist groups that attacked the Capitol and how Mr. Trump amassed and inspired the mob. [220] Trump knew the crowd was armed yet wanted security checks loosened; he specifically wanted the magnetometers removed. Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol, download the most recent version of Windows Media Player, download Windows Media Components for Quicktime. [266] In their videotaped testimonies, former Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia and Ivanka Trump stated that they called on Trump to concede the election after the Electoral College votes were cast in respective states on December 14, 2020, but were ignored. 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. I've never seen anything like it." [165][166], Georgia secretary of state Brad Raffensperger, whose phone call with Trump was cited in the former president's second impeachment, testified that his office pursued hundreds of allegations of voter fraud but found no widespread fraud that would have changed the election result. The two prime time hearings averaged 18.9 million viewers per hearing, and the other six hearings, which were daytime broadcasts, averaged 11.2 million viewers per hearing. National Security Council records, which identified Trump by his codename "Mogul," also backed Hutchinson's claim that security was loosened, and that orders were made to NSC and Secret Service for "clearing a route". [280] Robinson stated that he was told firsthand that Trump got into a "heated discussion" about wanting to go to the U.S. Join the PBS NewsHour's digital coverage beginning at 11:30 a.m. EDT with a look back at key moments from the eight public hearings held over the summer and a look ahead to the next.The last committee hearing in July focused on President Donald Trumps actions on Jan. 6, 2021, as hundreds of his supporters broke into the U.S. Capitol. And Brad, we just want the truth. [277] It outlined efforts to pressure Vice President Pence to reject Electoral College votes from a handful of states that gave Joe Biden his election victory. Follow live for latest news and updates on January 6 hearings in Congress. (Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images). She said White House attorney Eric Herschmann "chimed in" with his input. Your entire department of leadership will walk out within hours. Oct. 13, 2022 Read More "[256][257], The seventh televised hearing presented links between then-President Donald Trump and the extreme domestic militias that helped coordinate the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol. [284] Former White House advisor, as well as Trump son-in-law, Jared Kushner stated in videotaped testimony that House of Representatives leader Kevin McCarthy pleaded for White House intervention during a January 6 phone call and that he thought McCarthy was "scared. WHAT TIME DOES TONIGHT'S JAN 6 COMMITTEE HEARING START?. It'll be up to Attorney General Merrick Garland to decide whether to take legal action against Trump. [217], Trump had insisted on specific language for his speech at the January 6 rally. "[3] It focused on testimony from former White House Counsel Pat Cipollone, plotting by far-right extremist groups and discussions about using the military to seize voting machines. [31] After suggesting the Proud Boys were doing reconnaissance to spot security weaknesses, Chairman Thompson observed that the Proud Boys chose that barricade and breached it at about the same time President Trump directed the rally attendees to march to that same location. Richard Donoghue explained that experts at DHS had already investigated and that there was "nothing wrong with the voting machines and no factual basis to seize machines. [270], Jason Van Tatenhove, who was first hired by the Oath Keepers in 2014, gave live testimony about the group's radicalization and how Stewart Rhodes, the group's founder, used conspiracy theories to increase membership and funding, stating that Oath Keepers drifted "further and further right into the alt-right world, into White nationalists and even straight-up racists and it came to a point where I could no longer continue to work for them". "[194], Ultimately, the effort to appoint Clark, send the letter to Georgia officials, and attempt to decertify election results was averted when a majority of the DOJ Assistant Attorneys General threatened to resign en masse if the scheme went forward. "The full verdict on the impact of this committee is yet to be felt," he told ABC News. In advance of the hearings, congressional Republicans, including House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, began to organize themselves to defend Trump. Stepien had provided the committee a deposition under subpoena in December 2021. Trump pleaded with Raffensperger to find "the real truth" and suggested Raffensperger could be criminally liable if he did not accede to the president's wishes: Why wouldn't you want to find the right answer, Brad, instead of keep saying that the numbers are right? And that's a big risk. It was the culmination of a months' long effort spearheaded by President Trump.[31]. 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. [263] A former Twitter employee who testified on anonymity also testified that Twitter, which Trump used to help organize the rally, relished in the knowledge that they were also the favorite and most used service of the former president and enjoyed having that sort of power within the social media ecosystem and that he was concerned about Trump's December 19, 2020, tweet which encouraged people to come to the "Big protest in D.C. on January 6th. "[5], The ninth hearing on October 13, 2022,[20][21] may be the final hearing, though vice-chair Cheney wants more hearings. 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"[295], The ninth hearingwhich the committee had planned to hold since July[296]included further details regarding "the potential unauthorized deletion" of text messages, particularly those from January 5 and 6, 2021, by the United States Secret Service, which has been headed by Director James M. Murray, a Trump appointee. At the same time, the ABC News/Ipsos poll shows 58% of independent voters say that if a candidate says they believe that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from Trump, they are less likely to vote for that candidate. [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. It represents Trump's last stand, most desperate chance to halt the transfer of power." 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Bowers characterized Trump's scheme as "cheating", since there was "no evidence being presented of any strength" of the claims. At the close of the hearing, Luttig said: Donald Trump and his allies and supporters are a clear and present danger to American democracy. The crucial oversight mission of the DHS OIG has been compromised. Pence then spent the next five hours in a secure underground location within the Capitol Building complex. [282] Evidence and details were presented of Trump's refusal to call off the attack, in spite of numerous pleas from officials, for hours. [79] Cheney also said that Representative Scott Perry and other Republican members of Congress had "sought Presidential pardons for their roles in attempting to overturn the 2020 election. [332] After his video testimony aired, Donald Trump Jr., who testified that he was among those tried to encourage his father to denounce the attack on the U.S. Capitol, was greatly mocked on social media for misinterpreting what The Godfathers line "go to the mattresses" meant;[333] Newsweek journalist Tom Norton even noted that "Such descriptions arguably paint Trump in the same brush strokes as a crime boss. Because I only need 11,000 votes. The hearing guided viewers minute-by-minute through the deadly afternoon, from the end of Trumps speech encouraging supporters to march to the Capitol to a video he released late that afternoon telling the rioters they were very special but they had to go home. In July 2021, the House Select Committee held a preliminary public hearing about the law enforcement experience during the mob violence on that day. Polling indicates overall views have not changed much even after 10 public hearings -- nine since June -- in which the committee presented damning evidence about a plot to overturn the 2020 election. Just 9% of Americans said they watched the hearings "very closely.". [4] The New York Times presented a detailed summary of the eight hearings held in June and July.[5]. Read the full story here. He was involved in the Stop the Steal effort, including spreading false information about voting machines despite a staff memo finding the allegations were false. When I fell behind that line and I saw, I can just remember my my breath catching in my throat, because what I saw was just a a war scene. During her testimony, Freeman said "There is nowhere I feel safe. But more than one-third of Americans said it would make no difference in their vote if a candidate said they believed the election was stolen from Trump, an October ABC News/Ipsos poll found. You know, they were bleeding. As the attack lasted several hours, the video contained timestamps to illustrate the timeline. "[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. [294] Video of Roger Stone was also presented, as well as evidence that some Trump associates planned to claim victory in the 2020 election regardless of the official results. According to The Guardian, "In French's view, Trump demonstrably summoned the mob, knew it was armed and dangerous, told it to 'fight like hell' and tried to march with it." [310][311], On November 2, 2022, Politico reported that they had obtained some of John Eastman's e-mail correspondences. According to Rep. Zoe Lofgren, "Some of the officers said that they would be coming and talking under oath [But] they have not come in" and instead, Ornato, Engel, and the unnamed driver of the president's armored vehicle have all retained legal counsel. 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. [235][236], According to Time, "Hutchinson's testimony garnered a reaction that no other had received to date. "[254][255], On the day after Hutchinson's testimony, the Washington Examiner, a conservative publication widely read by Trump supporters, published an editorial entitled "Trump proven unfit for power again." [266] Important information about Roger Stone's direct links to Proud Boys, which included encrypted chats with the Proud Boys Florida leader and video evidence showing him appear with members and reciting the Proud Boys' "Fraternity Creed", would be revealed as well. The hearing featured new. That number was unchanged from a poll ABC News and Ipsos conducted in January, well before the hearings began. If the Department of Justice does not take it up sufficiently or adequately, then this hearing will have a different view in history -- that whatever the committee did, it didn't resonate. "There must be stiff consequences for those responsible. "[287], The ninth televised hearing was held October 13, 2022, at 1 PM Eastern time.
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