1/6 Insurrection Investigation

[Rick Plant]

'Gripping television': Jan. 6 committee expected to air video of Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner testimony

The House Select Committee Investigating the Jan. 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol is expected to air video of former White House aides Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner answering investigators' questions about the attempted coup.

"On Thursday night, Chairman Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS) and Vice Chairwoman Liz Cheney (R-WY) will launch a series of televised hearings featuring a combination of live witnesses, pretaped interviews with figures that include Trump family members and previously unseen video footage," The Washington Post reported Saturday. "The hearings mark the culmination of an inquiry that has involved more than 1,000 interviews and reviews of more than 125,000 records."

The Thursday hearing will air 519 days after Jan. 6 and 157 days before the 2022 midterm elections.

"To tell that story, the committee will draw on testimony from administration insiders, including a previously obscure aide who has given the committee a detailed reconstruction of meetings and movements in the West Wing. The committee also has video recordings of interviews with Trump’s daughter Ivanka and her husband, Jared Kushner, that some inside the process believe will make for gripping television," the newspaper reported. "Although the committee has not made a final decision, people familiar with the investigation believe the panel will screen footage of testimony from Ivanka Trump and Kushner — including Trump’s account of her father’s actions in the West Wing on Jan. 6."

The newspaper spoke with one person "close the investigation."

"Everybody will pay attention when Jared and Ivanka talk on video."

Read more here:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/06/04/jan-6-committee-set-make-its-case-public-with-prime-time-hearing/

[Rick Plant]

Jan. 6 committee adviser on public hearings: People will be ‘absolutely surprised'
https://thehill.com/news/sunday-talk-shows/3512354-jan-6-committee-adviser-on-public-hearings-people-will-be-absolutely-surprised/

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CBS Evening News

It’s been nearly a year since the bipartisan House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol was formed. This week, it's set to share its findings as public hearings begin.

Watch: https://twitter.com/CBSEveningNews/status/1533598038744256512

[Rick Plant]

Pro-Trump GOPers facing major roadblock to their plan to push back at Jan 6th hearings



According to a report from CNN, close congressional allies of Donald Trump are making plans, at his urging, to push back at the televised House hearings on the Jan 6th insurrection hoping to distract viewers from expected revelations about the former president's complicity in the attack on the Capitol building.

However, as the report points out, that may be easier said than done.

CNN is reporting that Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) is heading up the diversionary antics, with Trump communicating "to some of his most loyal acolytes on Capitol Hill that the former President wants people vigorously defending him and pushing back."

Among those expected to take part in the counterprogramming are Reps. Jim Jordan (R-OH) and Jim Banks (R-IN), each of whom have been asked by the bipartisan committee to appear and answer questions.

As CNN reports, "Trump’s insistence that his allies defend his honor has mobilized Republicans both on and off the Hill into action, with a broad range of plans to protect him. This despite the belief by some Republicans that they should draw attention away from January 6.

The belief that the GOP should ignore the hearings is borne out by the fact that, while Stefanik and company plan a major pushback, they have no idea what is coming because House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy pulled all of his nominees to the committee leaving no Trump loyalist to tip-off GOP House members what has been uncovered.

"Part of the challenge for Republicans — especially after they decided to boycott the select committee — is that they have little insight into what the investigation has uncovered and what might be revealed in the public hearings, making it harder for them to settle on a precise strategy," CNN is reporting before adding, "Another is the prospect that the committee will lean heavily on testimony from former aides of Vice President Mike Pence to help make their case – a scenario that could force Republicans to choose sides in a more public way than they have done so previously."

AFP

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January 6 defendants trying to get trials moved out of Washington, D.C.

Watch: https://www.cbsnews.com/video/january-6-defendants-trying-to-get-trials-moved-out-of-washington-dc/

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Jan. 6 hearings will feature 'disturbing' new evidence, House Democrat previews



Rep. David Cicilline, D-R.I., on Thursday said that he expects "disturbing" new evidence to emerge from the House's upcoming Capitol riot hearings, where dozens of witnesses will be publicly questioned over their connection to and knowledge of January 6.

"This is our democracy," the Rhode Island Democrat told CNN. "This was the greatest assault on American democracy in my lifetime. The world is watching to see how we respond to this."

By Cicilline's account, the nine-member committee charged with investigating the Capitol riot has already taken testimony from more than 1,000 people and collected over 135,000 documents related to the insurrection.

"There will be, I think, substantial evidence that really demonstrates the coordination and the planning and the effort, despite the fact that they understood that Donald Trump lost the election and even once the insurrection began and the violence began, there were ongoing efforts to persuade the former President to stop the violence and call on folks to go home, and he refused to do it," the lawmaker said.

"I think the American people are going to learn facts about the planning and execution of this that will be very disturbing," Cicilline added.

This week, the January 6 panel is set to hold at least half a dozen televised hearings designed to lay bare much of the evidence it has collected since the committee's inception last July. The panel has said that it will proffer "previously unseen material." Details around the committee's schedule have yet to be released. According to CNN, the committee may interview two men with ties to former Vice President Mike Pence, including former Pence chief counsel Greg Jacob and former federal Judge J. Michael Lutti. The outlet also reported that Pence chief of staff Marc Short might provide testimony.

Thus far, the committee has issued subpoenas against numerous allies of Donald Trump, including former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon, former White House Deputy Chief of Staff Dan Scavino, and most recently, Peter Navarro, one of Trump's former trade advisors.

This week would not mark the first time that the January 6 panel has held hearings in relation to the Capitol riot.

Last July, the committee asked for testimony from four Capitol police officers who were tasked with defending the Capitol building during the insurrection. The proceedings offered a clearer glimpse into brutality of the insurgency, which reportedly left numerous officers with physical and emotional trauma.

https://www.rawstory.com/jan-6-hearings-will-feature-disturbing-new-evidence-house-democrat-previews/

[Rick Plant]

January 6 committee hearing schedule, how to watch and what to watch for
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/06/06/january-6-committee-hearing-schedule-how-to-watch/