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. 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. [151], Before the hearing, Luttig wrote a statement for the record that Trump and his allies "instigated" a war on democracy "so that he could cling to power." [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. Here are 4 takeaways from Tuesday's Jan. 6 hearing. MSNBC / Getty Images. 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. 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. Many in Trump's inner circle informed the president he had lost and there was no evidence of widespread fraud. The House Jan. 6 committee, in its last scheduled hearing, warned that those involved in what they called the attempted coup must be held accountable or history could repeat itself. Stream your PBS favorites with the PBS app: https://to.pbs.org/2Jb8twGFind more from PBS NewsHour at https://www.pbs.org/newshourSubscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2HfsCD6Follow us:TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@pbsnewsTwitter: http://www.twitter.com/newshourInstagram: http://www.instagram.com/newshourFacebook: http://www.pbs.org/newshourSubscribe:PBS NewsHour podcasts: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/podcastsNewsletters: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/subscribe [154], A video was shown of testimony by Marc Short, former Pence chief of staff. [49] The House then formed a select committee led by seven Democrats and two Republicans. [80] Documentary filmmaker Nick Quested provided testimony during the live hearing; he was embedded with the Proud Boys on January 6. 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He had advised Pence he did not have the authority to overturn the election results. "[238] The Lawfare blog editorialized, "Cassidy Hutchinson's Testimony Changed Our Minds about Indicting Donald Trump". "[9][10], The third hearing on June 16, 2022, examined how Trump and others pressured Vice President Mike Pence to selectively discount electoral votes and overturn the election by unconstitutional means, using John Eastman's fringe legal theories as justification. Donald Trump is a man known for . WARNING: This video may include graphic or disturbing depictions of violence.The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol has announced another public hearing. [201][202][203] Meadows had provided a large amount of documentation to the committee but then stopped cooperating,[204][205] sued the committee,[206] and was held in criminal contempt of Congress in December 2021. A New York Times/Sienna College poll found that while voters overwhelmingly believe American democracy is under threat, few call it the nations most pressing problem. Bowers said that Eastman told him: "Just do it and let the courts sort it out." Pak resigned from his position days before the January 6 attack; he later told the Senate Judiciary Committee that the White House informed him Trump would fire him if he did not publicly state his office had found election fraud in Georgia. "[55], This was the first of the hearings for broadcast on live television and was held during prime time. Liz Cheney was called "a compelling central character" with "steely resolve and understated intensity" who "is hard to look away from." 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. 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 failed due to a filibuster by Republicans in the Senate. But has the committee succeeded in swaying public opinion? The hearing featured no live witnesses, but did include [] The House committee investigating the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, held what may be its final public hearing on Thursday . It was originally scheduled for September 28[288][289] but postponed due to the devastation of Hurricane Ian. #jan6committee #capitolriot #abcnews SUBSCRIBE to ABC News on YouTube: https://bit.ly/2vZb6yPLatest updates: http://abcnews.go.com/Watch FULL EPISODES on Hul. Jan. 6 hearings: Day 8 details Trump's refusal to stop Capitol riot . Updated on: September 27, 2022 / 3:38 PM / CBS News. He emailed Trump's former attorney Rudy Giuliani several days after the attack on the Capitol, saying, "I've decided I should be on the pardon list, if that is still in the works", but he did not receive a pardon. 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. And and everyone's going to look very good if the truth comes out. 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. 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. The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol holds a hearing, Oct. 13, 2022, in Washington. The committee also specified that they wanted "information sufficient to identify every telephone or other communications device" used by Trump between the dates of November 3, 2020, and January 20, 2021. "[285] A newly disclosed January 6 text message between Donald Trump Jr. and Mark Meadows revealed that Trump Jr. wanted his father to "condemn this shit" and "go to the mattresses," a film reference which Trump Jr. claimed during video testimony he thought meant "go all in. Despite the made-for-television hearings, views on the Capitol attack and on Trump have remained consistent over the past several months. After the hearing, Herschmann said through a spokesperson that he had written the note. There must be stiff consequences for those responsible. [50] The hearings are part of the select committee's investigation. 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". Witnesses included Jeffrey Rosen, former acting attorney general; Richard Donoghue, former acting deputy attorney general; and Steven Engel, former assistant attorney general for the Office of Legal Counsel. [214], Former National Security Advisor Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn who was present at that meeting, was subpoenaed by the committee to testify. No one should think otherwise, much less support him, ever again. [15] Conversations within Trump's inner circle revealed White House officials knew, days in advance of January 6, that violence was possible. [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. 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. Your entire department of leadership will walk out within hours. 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. Gabriel Sterling, Raffensperger's deputy, also testified.[12]. During the interview, Rep. Cheney asked: "General Flynn, do you believe in the peaceful transition of power in the United States of America?" [235][236], According to Time, "Hutchinson's testimony garnered a reaction that no other had received to date. 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. 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[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. [150] Had Pence "obeyed the orders from his president," it "would have been tantamount to a revolution within a constitutional crisis," he said. 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. "[272][273], The eighth televised hearing was held July 21, 2022 at 8 PM Eastern time,[274][275] after being postponed from the original date of July 14, 2022. [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. "[233] Two days after the hearing, Politico reported that Hutchinson was the recipient of the quoted communications, prior to her March 7 deposition, and that the "he is thinking about you" message came from an intermediary for Mark Meadows. The conspiracy theory was relayed by Congressman Scott Perry to White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, who then asked Rosen and Donoghue to investigate on behalf of the Department of Justice. 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. [11] In his legal opinion, he said, those who wrote the Constitution wouldn't have "put it in the hands of one person to determine who would be the president of the United States". WHAT TIME DOES TONIGHT'S JAN 6 COMMITTEE HEARING START?. He said that participating in Trump's lie would have been "foreign to my very being." He had drawn Trump's ire for refusing to publicly announce the city's election results were rife with fraud. The Jan. 6 committee held a prime-time hearing on Thursday the last of its planned summertime hearings. "[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. "[315], The first public hearing of 2022 was carried live by all the major networks except Fox News. Leonnig said there was a large contingent of Trump's Secret Service detail that wanted Biden to fail and some "took to their personal media accounts to cheer on the insurrection and the individuals riding up to the Capitol as patriots. 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. Accountability Is Another Matter. [151] According to Short, Pence knew he had no legal authority to overturn the election and had said so "many times" to Trump. Acting Defense Secretary Christopher C. Miller had publicly stated so on the day of the attack. The key takeaways from the latest January 6 committee hearing Jan 6 committee alerts Department of Justice to more Trump witness tampering, Liz Cheney reveals Ex-Oath Keeper gives Jan. Most networks are expected to cover . It represents Trump's last stand, most desperate chance to halt the transfer of power." 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Police", "Analysis | 6 takeaways from the Jan. 6 committee's first prime-time hearing", "Trump Is Depicted as a Would-Be Autocrat Seeking to Hang Onto Power at All Costs As the Jan. 6 committee outlined during its prime-time hearing, Donald J. Trump executed a seven-part conspiracy to overturn a free and fair democratic election", "Jan. 6 Committee Repeatedly Cites OC Federal Judge's Ruling That Trump 'Likely' Committed Crime", "Watch Live: House Jan. 6 Committee Hearing", "Evaluating the Jan. 6 Committee's Evidence", "January 6 Vice Chair Cheney said Trump had a 'seven-part plan' to overturn the election. "This one is going to look a little bit different," a select committee aide said. [84], It was always known that Pence gave the order. "[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." During this hearing, the committee shared footage of the attack, discussed involvement of the Proud Boys, and included testimony from a documentary filmmaker and a member of the Capitol Police. Fellas, I need 11,000 votes. At one point, Trump told them that voting machines had been hacked and the election stolen. [191], According to The New York Times it was Rep. Scott Perry who had first introduced Trump and Clark, because of Clark's "openness to conspiracy theories about election fraud" and willingness to do the president's bidding. 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Chairman Bennie Thompson departs during a break as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol holds a hearing, Oct. 13, 2022, in Washington. [183], Rosen and Donoghue continued to strongly resist Trump's efforts to have the Justice Department announce election fraud had been found, just days after outgoing attorney general Bill Barr had resigned and announced that there was no significant evidence found which could have influenced the election. Stepien had provided the committee a deposition under subpoena in December 2021. 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. Witnesses described their experiences on that day and efforts to protect the Capitol and elected officials. It was only carried by C-SPAN and not widely covered on broadcast television. Trump planned to join the crowd at the Capitol and became irate when the Secret Service refused his request. Read the full story here. Next Jan 6 hearing date revealed as focus turns to Trump's role in urging mob into Capitol riot Second Jan 6 committee hearing planned next week - report Trump defends Georgia election. [114][115], Al Schmidt, the Republican former city commissioner of Philadelphia, testified. [197], Extracts of a January 11 email sent by Alabama Rep. Mo Brooks were shared. [112], Ben Ginsberg, a long-term Republican election attorney involved in the controversial Bush v. Gore litigation, testified as an expert about why Trump's election lawsuits failed. [1][2][3], In 2022, the Committee held live televised public hearings. [222] Ornato said Trump grabbed for the steering wheel of the presidential SUV[224] with one hand and lunged at Engel with his other hand, according to Hutchinson. 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. The paper's board wrote, in part, "Cassidy Hutchinson's Tuesday testimony ought to ring the death knell for former President Donald Trump's political career Trump is a disgrace. He resigned in 2021, saying he had received death threats. [20][21][22][23] The hearing presented video of Roger Stone and evidence that some Trump associates planned to claim victory in the 2020 election regardless of the official results. [218][219], Some people brought weapons, including AR-15s, to Trump's speech, according to police radio transmissions. At Trump's request, acting defense secretary Christopher Miller contacted an attach in Rome about the debunked QAnon theory which alleged an Italian defense contractor uploaded malware to a satellite in order to hack the election results and remotely switch votes from Trump to Biden. [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". [292] Video testimony was also shown of former Twitter employee Anika Navaroli, who was revealed to have previously testified anonymously. NSC chat logs from just after 2 p.m. show live updates on the breach of the Capitol . The House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol holds its ninth public hearing today, potentially the final one ahead of the release of its report. We are going to get charged with every crime imaginable. We just don't have the evidence. "[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. [261], In new disclosed videotaped testimony, Pat Cippollone described, among other things, an "unhinged" White House meeting which took place on December 18, 2020, between himself, Trump, Sidney Powell, Michael Flynn and Patrick M. Byrne, who he named as members of an outside group pushing election conspiracy theories, and that they exhibited a "general disregard for backing what you actually say with facts. I would have never spoken those words ever in my life, except that that's what the former president and his allies are telling us [that they] are executing that blueprint for 2024 in the open, in plain view of the American public. [181] They flatly rejected the request as "patently absurd. 2) Corporate profits are one of the main drivers. It's it's more illegal for you than it is for them. Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times WASHINGTON The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol voted on Thursday to subpoena former President Donald J. Trump as it presented a. Their lawyer alerted us. The Select Committee showed several video clips of White House and Trump campaign insiders patly dismissing claims of voter fraud. "[188] During the public hearing, Jeffrey Rosen testified that the Department of Justice has no legal authority to seize voting machines and that he never informed Trump that the Department of Homeland Security could seize voting machines either. The hearing additionally detailed Trump's request to seize voting machines in late December 2020; plans to install Jeffrey Clark as acting attorney general were also revealed. The hearing recapped former President Donald Trump's central role in efforts to subvert the. 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. [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. [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. [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. [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. Here are key takeaways from the fifth day of Jan. 6 hearings. The committee showed evidence that President Donald J. Trump was directly involved in trying to put forward the alternate slates of Trump . You could litigate or investigate for a thousand years and never see anything as mind-blowing as this. 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. ", 24/7 coverage of breaking news and live events. There were no votes from underage or unregistered voters. Because you know what they did and you're not reporting it. Lindsey Graham ordered to testify in Trump grand jury election probe. There were officers on the ground. I'm telling you what's going to happen. Here's what she meant", "The committee is arguing Trump had a "seven-part plan" to overturn the election. According to FiveThirtyEighty, 199 Republican nominees running for office have fully denied the legitimacy of the 2020 election despite no evidence of fraud. "[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. Doors have opened. Trump was subpoenaed by the committee last week to produce documents and appear for testimony next month. You should be able to watch Committee live video connections using the free Windows Media Player software. The public hearings held by the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot will have testimony and video footage surrounding last year's attack on the Capitol. 22:39, Josh Marcus. Cheney said Trump's efforts were part of a "sophisticated seven-part plan", which the committee hearings would establish. Her testimony showed Trump knew supporters at the Ellipse rally were armed with AR-15s and other weapons and that he wanted less stringent security checks at his speech. According to the committee, Trump "lied to the American people, ignored all evidence refuting his false fraud claims, pressured state and federal officials to throw out election results favoring his challenger, encouraged a violent mob to storm the Capitol and even signaled support for the execution of his own vice president."[69][70]. I I couldn't believe my eyes. On Date October 13, 2022 WATCH LIVE: Jan. 6 Committee hearings - Day 9 Share Watch on The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol has announced another public. [329][330][331][further explanation needed], NPR's David Folkenflik said coverage of the hearing would have required Fox News to "broadcast flat contradictions of what many leading Fox News personalities have told their audiences in the past year and a half. [68], The committee panel observed that Donald Trump attempted to overturn a free and fair democratic election by promoting a seven-part conspiracy. Watch Live | Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol Home Media Center Watch Live Committee hearings and meetings are often available to watch LIVE via webcast, below: 07/21/22 Select Committee Hearing Watch on It's Ok. As later scenes showed a violent rampage, audio was overlaid of Trump later saying, "The love in the air. The fifth televised public hearing focused on Trump's pressure campaign to influence top Justice Department officials, demanding they investigate election fraud conspiracy theories and rubber stamp his narrative that the election was stolen, despite any factual evidence to support this claim.