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Jan. 6 hearing gives primetime exposure to violent footage and dramatic evidence – the question is, to what end?

A violent mob of Trump supporters attacked the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021, intent on disrupting a joint session of Congress that was meeting to count electoral votes and declare Democrat Joe Biden the winner of the 2020 presidential election.

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ICYMI: Key moments from the Jan. 6 Committee hearing

WASHINGTON — The House Select Committee, tasked with investigating the root causes of the Jan. 6 insurrection, held its first public hearing Thursday night, after spending nearly one year conducting an investigation behind closed doors.

Los Angeles Times

Donald Trump, the Proud Boys and shocking video: The key moments from the first January 6 committee hearing

Armed with new videos, text messages and emails, the committee investigating the riots at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, has laid out its evidence for the American public. Here's what we learned.

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The Jan. 6 committee's plan to prove Trump’s culpability

To show Trump tried to overturn the 2020 election and prevent the transition of power to Joe Biden.

Axios

Trump lashes out after Jan 6 hearing and accuses them of ‘burying positive witnesses’

Trump and other Republicans criticised the committee’s first public hearing

The Independent UK

Key takeaways from the Jan. 6 Capitol riot hearing

WASHINGTON — Here are the key takeaways from Thursday’s committee hearing on the Jan. 6 Capitol riot:

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5 takeaways from the Jan. 6 Committee hearing

Committee vice-chair Rep. Liz Cheney, the Wyoming Republican with the steely demeanor, delivered a powerful, at times chilling, presentation, vaulting her to the top of lists for 2024 presidential contenders.

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"I was slipping in people’s blood": Eyewitnesses testify at Jan. 6 hearing

"It was carnage. It was chaos. I can’t even describe what I saw."

Axios

Fox News trashes hearing it didn't air

Tucker Carlson cut away from video of the violence inside the Capitol while bragging about telling "the truth"

Salon

Jan. 6 attack on Capitol the ‘culmination of an attempted coup,’ chairman says

WASHINGTON — Americans watching the first Jan. 6 Select Committee hearing Thursday night were jolted back to the horror of the Capitol attack in early 2021, with the panel deploying never-before-seen footage of violence and graphic, emotional testimony from an officer wounded in the melee to place then-President Donald Trump…

Los Angeles Times

Jan. 6 attack on Capitol the ‘culmination of an attempted coup,’ chairman says

WASHINGTON — As rioters battered police and stormed inside the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021, then-President Donald Trump grew angry with advisers pleading with him to do something, Vice Chairwoman Liz Cheney said Thursday in the first hearing by the House select committee investigating the attack.

Los Angeles Times

Rep. Scott Perry asked Trump for a pardon after Jan. 6, committee leader says as hearings open

U.S. Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., one of the leading figures in the effort to throw out Pennsylvania’s votes in the 2020 presidential election, was one of several members of Congress who contacted the White House seeking a pardon from Donald Trump in the days after the Jan. 6, 2021 attack…

The Philadelphia Inquirer

January 6 committee shows video of staff fleeing Kevin McCarthy’s office during Capitol attack

McCarthy initially blamed Trump for the attack, but later backtracked

The Independent UK

Jared Kushner: Counsel's threat just "whining"

"The team were always saying, ‘Oh we’re going to resign, we’re not going to be here if this happens," Kushner said

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Trump spurred ‘attempted coup’ at US Capitol, January 6 panel tells hearing

The House panel investigating the January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol laid the blame firmly on Donald Trump Thursday night, saying the assault was hardly spontaneous but an “attempted coup” and a direct result of the defeated president’s effort to overturn the 2020 election.

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Liz Cheney's message to GOP members who continue to support Trump: 'Your dishonor will remain'

"Tonight, I say this to my Republican colleagues who are defending the indefensible: There will come a day when Donald Trump is gone, but your dishonor will remain," Cheney says.

The Independent UK

Jan 6 police officers cry in hearing as committee shows video of violence

Video incorporates bodycam footage, documentary scenes

The Independent UK

Takeaways: Jan. 6 panel says Trump led 'brazen' conspiracy

House investigators are making the case to the American public that the violent insurrection by President Donald Trump’s supporters should not be forgotten

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The Independent UK

‘He deserves it’: Donald Trump accused of supporting Jan 6 rioters who wanted to hang Mike Pence

Liz Cheney says January 6 committee will hear testimony from more than a dozen Trump White House staffers

The Independent UK

Liz Cheney reveals footage of Ivanka Trump testifying she accepted election wasn’t stolen (OLD)

Committee to lean heavily on words, testimony of Trump insiders

Los Angeles Times

Jan. 6 hearings to lay out ‘scheme ... to undermine the will of the people,’ chairman says

WASHINGTON — The House Select Committee investigating what caused the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol is beginning a series of hearings Thursday evening by laying out its evidence of a coordinated effort to stop certification of the 2020 presidential election and keep former President Donald Trump in office.

Roll Call

Trump ignored aides who warned him stolen election claims were false, Jan. 6 panel says - Roll Call

The panel contended that in response to chants of "hang Mike Pence," Trump said: “Maybe our supporters have the right idea.”

Al Jazeera

US Jan 6 committee hearing focuses on Trump – A timeline

Trump ‘summoned rioters’, lit flame of attack on Capitol and failed to stop it, says committee vice-chair Liz Cheney.

Roll Call

House Jan. 6 committee builds its case from lawyer testimony - Roll Call

The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol first turned to lawyers to tell the story of what it had found.

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At the Races: Hearing today, gone tomorrow? - Roll Call

The CQ Roll Call newsroom tracks campaigns nationwide, sharing the best stories, with some extras, in the At the Races newsletter.

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