Here are the witnesses who have testified so far. "[259] The Lawfare blog editorialized, "Cassidy Hutchinson's Testimony Changed Our Minds about Indicting Donald Trump". Abcarian: Mask mandates? The panel is expected to focus, in part, on Trump's continued efforts to cast the results of the 2020 as fraudulent and back election deniers in November's midterm elections. At one point, Trump told them that voting machines had been hacked and the election stolen. [315] Although the committee had already interviewed Ginni Thomas, it didn't feature any of her testimony in this public hearing. Our Spectrum News app is the most convenient way to get the stories that matter to you. 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. Hutchinson testified that both Trump and Meadows were warned on the morning of Jan. 6 that supporters gathered on the National Mall brought weapons with them, yet they failed to take action to stop the ensuing violence. [103], It was always known that Pence gave the order. Rep. Aguilar reviewed Trump's pressure campaign on state officials, Congress, and even Vice-President Pence to take "unlawful action" in overturning the election results. as well as other partner offers and accept our. Acting Defense Secretary Christopher C. Miller had publicly stated so on the day of the attack. The crucial oversight mission of the DHS OIG has been compromised. In early September, Thompson announced the committee was seeking information from former House Speaker Newt Gingrich about his communications with senior advisers to Trump in the days leading up to the attack on the Capitol. 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He was an opinion writer and editor for The Times from mid-2005 until August 2021, and reported on technology news from 2000 to mid-2005. conservative California lawyer John Eastman, Senators propose changes to electors law after Capitol riot, Three former top Justice Department officials, gotten into a dispute with a Secret Service officer, reverberated with his supporters and extremist groups, Full coverage of Jan. 6 committee hearings, solves problems, answers questions and helps with decision making, Biden rallies House Democrats to tout their legislative success to voters, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass endorses Rep. Barbara Lee in Senate race, Sirhan Sirhan, convicted of killing Robert F. Kennedy, denied parole by California board, Atty. Below are four key takeaways from the fourth hearing of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection: More evidence the Trump team knew its effort was illegal.. July 12: Witnesses and evidence presented by the committee laid out how Trumps call for a protest on Jan. 6 reverberated with his supporters and extremist groups, who interpreted it as a summons to stop Congress violently, in some peoples minds from affirming Bidens victory in the electoral college. It was something like I'd seen out of the movies. They cited the importance of the brisk pace of the hearings which "move[d] expeditiously from brief opening statements to video or live testimony" and without extemporaneous speeches or tedious delays. [293], 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". While much of the findings will already be known, the report is expected to thread the story together in a definitive way that lays out the committees conclusions for history. We serve audiences in and around Los Angeles including current Times subscribers and diverse communities that havent historically had their needs met by our coverage.How can we be useful to you and your community? Fox News has offered live coverage of sessions held early in the day. The final report is also expected to include recommendations for a bundle of legislative changes designed to ward off future attacks on the institution. [214][215] During Clark's video taped deposition with the committee, he refused to answer most questions, and pleaded the Fifth more than 100 times during his 100-minutes-long interview with investigators. Additional hearings took place on June 13, 16, 21, 23 and 28, July 12 and 21. Despite his inner circle testifying that they pushed back against his false claims of a stolen election, Trump continued to promote the so-called big lie, which the panel has sought to connect to the mob of his supporters that stormed the U.S. Capitol in order to overturn the results of the election. In a recording obtained by Mother Jones, Bannon told associates a few days before the 2020 election that he expected Trump to declare victory prematurely and claim the election was stolen. June 23: Three former top Justice Department officials recounted the former presidents efforts to have the department support his unfounded claims about a tainted election, as well as his aborted effort to install an acting attorney general who backed those claims. [251], In closing remarks, Cheney expressed concern that some witnesses may have been given messages intended to influence their testimony. Here's what's next. We have substantial footage of what occurred that we havent used, Thompson said of the hearing, adding that lawmakers have decided on a topic but not elaborating on what it might be. Chesebro wrote that Justice Thomas would be the key figure necessary, if the plan were to succeed, because he would be the justice assigned to dealing with any emergency legal matters sent to the southeastern region's Eleventh Circuit court. The second hearing focused on Trump's lies that the 2020 election was tainted by massive fraud and Trump's refusal to accept defeat, using testimony from former Trump officials to detail how Trump preemptively declared victory and doubled down on his election lies despite being advised otherwise. The House committee investigating the Capitol insurrection will hold a public hearing next Tuesday to present evidence related to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack. The committee also showed prior videotaped testimony in which Hutchinson said the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers were mentioned in the context of planning the January 6 rally, especially in Giuliani's presence. The eighth hearing revealed how the insurrection unfolded from the perspective of the White House. [131], 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. [15] The scheme, promoted by Trump attorney John Eastman, came to be known as the Pence Card. repeat itself. [233], Flynn was subpoenaed by the committee. June 21: The speaker of the Arizona House of Representatives and two election officials from Georgia, all Republicans, detailed the efforts by Trump and his lawyers to get them to reverse election. The hearings will also be live-streamed and available to watch in full on C-SPAN and on the select committee's YouTube channel. Because I only need 11,000 votes. "[3] Committee member Jamie Raskin stated, "Donald Trump solicited the mob; he summoned the mob to Washington All of this was targeted on the joint session of Congress. But the prospect of the former president testifying appeared unlikely", "Jan. 6 Panel Vividly Detailed the Attack. By clicking Sign up, you agree to receive marketing emails from Insider 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 only hearing the committee has held in prime time so far was on June 9, when it kicked off the public phase of its investigation into the insurrection. The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the Capitol announced Monday that its second public hearing will take place on the morning of June 13. WASHINGTON Congress is scheduled to hold multiple hearings this week - including a joint hearing between the Senate Homeland Security Committee and the Senate Rules Committee - to dive deeper. Start your Independent Premium subscription today. The House select committee investigating the failed insurrection at the US Capitol on 6 January 2021 initially only planned to hold six public hearings, according to a draft schedule. The schedule is still fluid and is subject to change, but a round of hearings in July is the current goal. [234][235], Hutchinson testified that on the day before the Capitol attack, Trump directed Meadows to contact Flynn and Roger Stone, who both had extensive ties to extremist groups like the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers, leaders of which would later be indicted for seditious conspiracy for their alleged roles in the attack. So this is an opportunity to use some of that material.. We just don't have the evidence. She described in detail her experiences and injuries as police fell back. [244][231] She testified that Engel was sitting in a chair, looking "somewhat discombobulated and a little lost" while Ornato related the account of these events, and that Engel never contradicted the story. In a streaming and on-demand world, the total reach of the hearings to date is unknowable, but many tens of millions of Americans have soaked up the committee's findings, which is no small thing in a fractured media space. But further sessions became necessary due to the sheer weight of evidence becoming available regarding the deadly attack on the heart of government in Washington, DC, carried out by enraged supporters of Mr Trump attempting to overturn his 2020 presidential election defeat. "[285] Cipollone testified that during the meeting, a draft executive order which would've directed the U.S. military to seize voting machines was discussed. [36] As used by the committee, labels such as "first hearing", "second hearing", et cetera refers to this series of televised hearings. Former U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Georgia B.J. [324][325] According to The Washington Post, the whistleblowers who revealed this delay said they "shared a concern that Cuffari's office not alerting congressional investigators to the missing records reduced the chances of recovering critical pieces of evidence related to the Jan. 6 attack. According to Quested, they then walked around the Capitol while taking some pictures and observed a sole police officer at the barricades by the Peace Circle. During his interview, Rep. Cheney asked: "General Flynn, do you believe in the peaceful transition of power in the United States of America?" Richard Donoghue explained that experts at DHS had already investigated and that there was "nothing wrong with the voting machines and no factual basis to seize machines. During the Raffensperger testimony, the committee played audio excerpts of the phone call he had with Trump on January 2, 2021, and another call with Frances Watson, the chief investigative officer for Raffensperger's office. And this committee has supplied that information to the Department of Justice. [22] A ninth hearing was convened in October. Lofgren asserted, "Not only was there the big lie, there was the big rip-off." Trump told Watson, "when the right answer comes out you'll be praised." Many might find it inedible. 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[200] They flatly rejected the request as "patently absurd. They're not here to hurt me.'" [31], Immediately after the hearing, the committee released a 154-page executive summary of its findings. He continued, "It is breathtaking that these arguments even were conceived, let alone entertained by the President of the United States at that perilous moment in history" and that January 6 "was the final fateful day for the execution of a well-developed plan by the former president to overturn the 2020 presidential election at any cost." According to Amanda Wick, senior investigative counsel, the committee estimated that between Nov. 3 and Jan. 6, the Trump campaign sent scores of fundraising emails as many as 25 per day that. [188] Bowers said that Trump had personally pressured him to overturn the state's election results, as had Rudy Giuliani, Ginni Thomas,[189] and John Eastman. In a letter, Thompson wrote that the panel had obtained emails Gingrich exchanged with Trump's associates about television advertisements that "repeated and relied upon false claims about fraud in the 2020 election" and were designed to cast doubt on the voting after it had already taken place. The Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor was created in 1953 . As the attack lasted several hours, the video contained timestamps to illustrate the timeline. The committee had for months sought an interview with Thomas in an effort to know more about her role in trying to help Trump overturn his election defeat. June 16: A top aide to Vice President Mike Pence told of the pressure campaign by Trump and conservative California lawyer John Eastman to get Pence to reject electoral votes from seven states Joe Biden won even though they knew their actions were illegal. So the panel is planning to issue a final report by the end of December. [256][257], Hutchinsons testimony was subject to significant national attention. "[287] This tweet would lead to further solicitation of the January 6 rally on extremist Internet sources and right wing media. And the public will certainly learn things it hasn't seen before, but it will also understand information it already has in a different context by seeing how it relates to other elements of this plot.. Their lawyer alerted us. In the message, Riley informed Pence's aide Chris Hodgson that the senator wanted to personally hand deliver information to the vice president about "alternate slates of electors for MI and WI" to which Hodgson replied, "do not give that to him. And and everyone's going to look very good if the truth comes out. [274][275] QAnon influencer Jordan Sather called Hutchinson a "plant", writing on his Telegram channel: "Is Cassidy being used as a Trojan Horse to destroy the credibility of these hearings with her obviously fake testimony? [219], The sixth televised hearing was dedicated entirely to the testimony of Cassidy Hutchinson, a top aide to former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows. Rusty Bowers, speaker of the Arizona state House of Representatives, said he was asked multiple times by Trump and his allies to engage in efforts to overturn the election results in his state but resisted. The two prime time hearings averaged 18.9 million viewers per hearing, and the other six hearings, which were daytime broadcasts, averaged 11.2 million viewers per hearing. [135], Bill Stepien was subpoenaed to testify, but his wife went into labor and he canceled his appearance;[133] his attorney was then to have read a statement on his behalf, but did not. The fifth hearing focused on former Justice Department officials who faced down a relentless pressure campaign from Trump over the election results while suppressing a bizarre challenge from within their own ranks. [294] He said he finally decided to leave the group was when he heard members talking about how the Holocaust was not real. The third hearing zeroed in on the Trump-led pressure campaign targeting Pence, featuring Pence's former chief counsel Greg Jacob and retired federal judge J. Michael Luttig as witnesses. [66] The House then formed a select committee led by seven Democrats and two Republicans. 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. Rep. Luria recapped Trump's 187 minutes of inaction and dereliction of duty. ET and focus on Trump's efforts to pressure top officials at the Justice . The panel is still obliged to deliver a written report on the findings of its nearly 15-month investigation into why the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol happened and how to prevent another one. 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. [218][212] Cassidy Hutchinson, an aide to Meadows, previously told the committee that Rep. Jim Jordan also talked generally about pardons for members of Congress. He knew it was illegal. "[269] Two months after Hutchinson's testimony, Ornato, who was then serving as assistant director of the Secret Service, announced his retirement. And that even though he knew full well he had lost the election, Trump fought it anyway because he was embarrassed about losing Biden. Take me to the Capitol', an executive summary of the findings and eight chapters. U.S. Senate: Hearings & Meetings Hearings & Meetings Displayed below are brief descriptions of each committee meeting and hearing scheduled to take place today, and on days thereafter. You're gonna lose your entire department leadership. Quested testified that he joined the Proud Boys at the National Mall at 10:30a.m., saying "I don't know if violence was a plan, but I do know that they weren't there to attend the rally because they had already left the rally by the time the president had started his speech." 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. The first hearing featured both video and in-person testimony from U.S. Capitol Police Officer Caroline Edwards and Nick Quested, a British documentary filmmaker who was embedded with the far-right group the Proud Boys on Jan. 6 and the night before. "[321][326], On August 1, 2022, House Homeland Security Chairman Bennie Thompson reiterated calls for Cuffari to step down due to a "lack of transparency" that could be "jeopardizing the integrity" of crucial investigations regarding the missing Secret Service text messages. WASHINGTON (AP) The House Jan. 6 committee held a surprise hearing Tuesday delivering alarming new testimony about Donald Trump's angry, defiant and vulgar actions as he ignored repeated. [3][20] The committee and panel of witnesses discussed "the rise of the right-wing domestic violent extremist groups that attacked the Capitol and how Mr. Trump amassed and inspired the mob. "But we do have a mountain of information that we need to go through. [353], The committee also recommended that the House Ethics Committee follow up on Rep. Kevin McCarthy (CA), Rep. Jim Jordan (OH), Scott Perry (PA), and Andy Biggs (AZ) refusing to answer subpoenas. C-SPAN. 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