Seventeen months after a mob of Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol, a House committee will begin telling the story, based on a nearly yearlong investigation, of the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection and the events that led up to it.

What You Need To Know

• The House committee that has been investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection and the events that led up to it will hold the first of a series of televised hearings Thursday night


• Committee members say the goal of the hearings is to explain to the American people exactly what happened — both in the images they watched live on television as well as behind the scenes


• During its nearly yearlong investigation, the committee issued more than 100 subpoenas, interviewed over 1,000 people and collected more than 140,000 documents


• The first hearing — which will focus on the role of far-right extremists — begins at 8 p.m. Eastern on Thursday and will be televised on most major networks

The panel of seven Democrats and two Republicans will hold the first of a series of televised hearings Thursday night.

Committee members say the goal of the hearings is to explain to the American people exactly what happened — both in the images they watched live on television as well as behind the scenes.

On Jan. 6, supporters of then-President Donald Trump clashed with police and stormed the Capitol, disrupting Congress as it met to certify Joe Biden’s election victory. Five people died at the scene or in the hours after, and more than 140...

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