Raise your hand if you haven't been tuning into the Jan. 6 hearings. Don't worry, we got you covered. Ahead of the seventh public hearing on July 12, here are the highlights you need to know to stay in the loop. Plus, what happens after the hearings wrap up.
But first, a quick refresher on how we got here: On Jan. 6, 2021, a mob of pro-Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol. As Congress was certifying then-President-elect Biden’s election win. Five people died and dozens of officers were injured. Many blamed former President Trump’s false claims of a stolen election for the attack. To this day, Trump has maintained he did nothing wrong.
That’s where a special House select committee comes in. For nearly a year, they've been digging into what happened behind the scenes at the White House on that deadly day. Now, after conducting more than 1,000 interviews, they're bringing their findings to the public. Here's what we’ve learned so far.
The committee kicked things off by outlining their intentions. Including to present the “facts and causes of the events.” And make the case that Trump was ultimately responsible. Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) — the vice chair and one of only two Republicans on the committee — said the former president had overseen a months-long “sophisticated seven-part plan” to overturn the 2020 election. With Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS), the committee’s chair, calling the events of Jan. 6 “an attempted coup.”...
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