The committee’s public hearing debut on Jan. 6 will feature never-before-seen recordings and closed-door statements with key Trump officials and members of the former president’s family, committee aides told reporters.
The big picture: tonight’s 90-minute television audience and next week’s sessions will show that the attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021 “was the result of a coordinated effort and several steps to annul the results of the 2020 elections “. and stop the transfer of power from Donald Trump to Joe Biden, “said a committee aide.
- “And, in fact, President Donald Trump was at the center of that effort.”
- “The select committee will also present a clear indication of the ongoing threats to American democracy,” an aide told reporters on condition of anonymity.
What to See: President Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) And Vice President Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) Will make the most of the talk.
- The two will make initial statements, ask questions of witnesses, and present the mountain of evidence they have gathered, even through multimedia presentations.
- Thompson “will place January 6 in a broader historical context” and speak of an “aberration” in the history of American democracy, a committee aide said.
Depositions: Committee members will detail a “small but significant” part of the interviews they have conducted with senior White House officials, the Trump administration, and the campaign, as well as members of the Trump family.
- They are said to include unseen or uninformed details, video and audio, as well as documents.
Witnesses: The audience will hear British documentary filmmaker Nick Quested, who joined the far-right Proud Boys, even during the group’s private meetings before the uprising, and Capitol Police Officer Caroline Edwards. the first police officer injured in January. 6.
- Both plan to recount their experiences from the day of the attack, “especially what they saw and heard from the mutineers,” a committee aide said.