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Jan. 6 attack on Capitol the ‘culmination of an attempted coup,’ chairman says

WASHINGTON — Americans watching the first Jan. 6 Select Committee hearing Thursday night were jolted back to the horror of the Capitol attack in early 2021, with the panel deploying never-before-seen footage of violence and graphic, emotional testimony from an officer wounded in the melee to place then-President Donald Trump…

Los Angeles Times

Trump spurred ‘attempted coup’ at US Capitol, January 6 panel tells hearing

The House panel investigating the January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol laid the blame firmly on Donald Trump Thursday night, saying the assault was hardly spontaneous but an “attempted coup” and a direct result of the defeated president’s effort to overturn the 2020 election.

France 24

Jan 6 police officers cry in hearing as committee shows video of violence

Video incorporates bodycam footage, documentary scenes

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Takeaways: Jan. 6 panel says Trump led 'brazen' conspiracy

House investigators are making the case to the American public that the violent insurrection by President Donald Trump’s supporters should not be forgotten

The Independent UK

Bennie Thompson says Jan. 6 was the 'culmination of an attempted coup'

The chair of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection called the attack a "culmination of an attempted coup," in opening remarks at Thursday's hearing about that day's riot.

WEKU

Jan. 6 hearings to lay out ‘scheme ... to undermine the will of the people,’ chairman says

WASHINGTON — The House Select Committee investigating what caused the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol is beginning a series of hearings Thursday evening by laying out its evidence of a coordinated effort to stop certification of the 2020 presidential election and keep former President Donald Trump in office.

Los Angeles Times

Cheney unleashes on GOP colleagues who asked Trump for pardons after Jan 6: ‘Your dishonour will remain’

Select committee chairman Bennie Thompson opened Thursday’s prime-time hearing with a warning to Americans that the ‘conspiracy to thwart the will of the people’ which led to the 6 January 2021 attack on the Capitol remains ongoing

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McCarthy rips Democrats over GOP bill that called Jan. 6 ‘domestic terrorist attack’ - Roll Call

Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy touted a measure to create a “National Commission on the Domestic Terrorist Attack” on the Capitol.

Roll Call

January 6 hearings: who are the key players on the House committee?

The panel features Democrats and Republicans and counts on a staff of investigators who have interviewed over 1,000 witnesses

The Guardian - US

What to expect from tonight's prime-time Jan. 6 hearing

Never-before-seen recordings and documentation from closed-door depositions with key Trump officials and family members.

Axios

Testimony from Ivanka and close Trump confidantes could be shown at January 6 committee opening hearing

A committee staffer says the panel’s opening presentation will ‘include senior Trump White House officials, senior Trump administration officials, Trump campaign officials, and indeed, Trump family members’

The Independent UK

Jan. 6 panel to begin presenting its findings while House GOP fights to mitigate political damage - Roll Call

Republicans are ramping up their continued efforts to undermine the legitimacy of the Jan. 6 committee's work.

Roll Call

Four key questions for the January 6 committee hearings to answer

The select committee will unveil its findings over a series a public hearings which will begin Thursday at 8pm

The Independent UK

Jan. 6 committee's members are on diverging political paths

The nine members of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection find themselves on diverging political paths as each prepares for a defining moment in their careers as the series of public hearings begins

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Benzinga

Twitter Fights Jan 6 Panel Demand For Internal Slack Messages During Capitol Riots: Report

Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) is reportedly pushing back against demands from a committee probing the Jan. 6 Capitol riots to hand over its internal communications about moderation on its platform.

WEKU

Jan. 6 committee Chair Bennie Thompson says the U.S. came close to losing democracy

Fighting for civil rights and three decades in the House have primed Mississippi's Bennie Thompson for the most high-profile moment of his career — leading this month's hearings on Jan. 6.

The Guardian - AU

Inaugural January 6 hearing to track activities of Proud Boys during Capitol attack

The House select committee investigating the insurrection will examine several crucial stages in the lead up to the first breach of the Capitol

The Conversation

How a public hearing is different from an investigation – and what that means for the Jan. 6 committee

On Thursday, June 9, the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the United States Capitol holds the first of several public hearings.

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Los Angeles Times

Who's who on the Jan. 6 committee? A guide to the House members at the hearings

WASHINGTON — The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the nation's Capitol will begin a series of six televised hearings on Thursday.

Tribune News Service

First of many ‘touchstones’ starts Thursday in prime time for Jan. 6 committee

WASHINGTON — The first time the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection gathered for a public hearing, members heard from law enforcement officers who were physically assaulted, verbally abused and traumatized by pro-Donald Trump rioters who stormed the building.

Roll Call

First of many ‘touchstones’ starts Thursday in prime time for Jan. 6 committee - Roll Call

The committee will begin to tell the public what it has found—the product of more than 1,000 interviews and over 140,000 documents.

The Independent UK

Who are the members of the January 6 select committee?

The panel set up to investigate the causes and facts of the Capitol riot is about to hold its primetime summer hearings

The Guardian - US

US Justice Department could be zeroing in on Trump lawyers, experts say

Subpoenas for information on Rudy Giuliani and John Eastman’s roles in the fake electors scheme were issued in April

Tribune News Service

Jan. 6 panel set for prime-time hearings to detail effort to overturn election

WASHINGTON — The findings of an 11-month investigation into last year’s insurrection at the US Capitol will be laid out for the public in a series of hearings beginning next Thursday, and the House panel conducting the inquiry says it will detail how former President Donald Trump and his allies…

Tribune News Service

GOP’s Biggs says Jan. 6 committee exceeds authority in subpoena

Representative Andy Biggs of Arizona is the latest House Republican to formally object to being subpoenaed to testify before a congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the Capitol.

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