Liz Cheney tells Republicans defending the mutineers, “When Trump leaves, your disgrace will continue.”
The first hearing of the select committee of the House on January 6 ended after two hours of testimony on Thursday following the explosive revelations presented by Reps Bennie Thompson and Liz Cheney.
Former President Donald Trump expressed his anger after the committee reproduced excerpts from interviews with his former Attorney General Bill Barr, daughter Ivanka Trump and son-in-law Jared Kushner.
Mr. Trump called Barr “weak” and “cowardly” after he told the House panel that Mr. False’s false claims. Trump’s stolen election was “bullshit.”
Ms. Trump, one of her father’s most trusted advisers, also said she did not think the 2020 election would be stolen and that she respected Barr. His father replied that he had “reviewed” before the 2020 elections and that he was being deferential with Barr.
In her opening statement, Republican Rep. Cheney noted that several members of her party apologized to Mr. Trump for his part in trying to cancel the election: “Tonight, I say this to my fellow Republicans who stand for the indefensible.
About 20 million Americans tuned in to see, the ratings show, equivalent to the Sunday Night Football audience. This figure does not include streaming services.
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Trump has repeatedly refused to go
His campaign team, data analysts and a steady stream of lawyers, investigators and allies in the inner circle told Donald Trump over and over again: There was no voting fraud that could have tipped the presidential election. of 2020.
But in the eight weeks since losing to Joe Biden, the publicly, privately and relentlessly defeated Trump has propelled his false claims of a rigged 2020 election and stepped up an extraordinary scheme to nullify Joe Biden’s victory. .
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AOC: We are “on the precipice of fascism” and criticizes the GOP for “fleeing” the January 6 riots
Ms. Ocasio-Cortez told her followers that the behavior that led to the Capitol riots continues to be “encouraged” and attacked GOP leaders for “pretending” that the incident never happened.
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Trump angrily denies saying “Hang Mike Pence”
Former President Donald Trump responded to a revelation by the select committee of the House investigating the riots at the U.S. Capitol in January that he agreed with the mutineers that his vice president Mike Pence should be hanged.
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Jason Miller claims the Jan. 6 committee distorted his testimony
In a tweet shortly after Thursday’s panel hearing, Jason Miller said Jan. 6 committee vice president Liz Cheney “could not reproduce” the full recording, saying the testimony was edited.
Oliver O’Connell June 11, 2022 3:00 p.m.
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The most dramatic moments of the first day of the January 6 hearing
The first public hearing on Thursday of the select committee of the House on January 6 had several dramatic moments as the findings were made public and witnesses explained the horror of last year’s day.
The first of six public hearings highlighted the findings of the panel’s investigation, which included interviews with more than 1,000 people about how a mob organized and stormed the Capitol building and the events that followed.
These are some of the most dramatic moments:
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When is the next January 6 insurrection committee hearing?
Here’s what comes next:
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Cori Bush: Republicans who helped instigate Jan. 6 should be ousted from Congress
Missouri Rep. Cori Bush of Missouri told The Independent that any Republican member of Congress who helped instigate the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol should be expelled and, if necessary, prosecuted.
The Progressive lawmaker was one of many Democratic members of Congress in Thursday’s hearing for the select committee of the House that was investigating the first hearing at peak hearing of the riots in the Cannon House office building.
“I was here. I remember how it felt, to find out how it is,” Ms. Bush told The Independent after the hearing ended. “I have to see what comes out of that. I have to testify, myself, because this was a president in no white supremacist who was in the hands of that.”
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Brian Sicknick’s latest live video shown by the January 6 committee
The video of Brian Sicknick, the police officer who would die a day after the Capitol riot, was played Thursday shortly before the committee got up at night.
The video shows a uniformed officer identified as Mr. Sicknick holding his face in pain after being apparently attacked with pepper spray. The actual attack itself is not clearly visible.
Mr. Sicknick is assisted by another agent before the video ends.
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Police officers are crying in the audience while a video of the January 6 violence is shown
Some of the Capitol police officers present on the day of the attack on the Capitol on January 6 could be seen crying and excited, as the committee on Thursday showed a shocking collection of body camera images and documentary video during the first hearing at the time of maximum hearing on the attack on Congress.
The video, created by committee chairman Bennie Thompson, shows members of the U.S. Capitol police desperately calling for reinforcements as they are brutally attacked by a massive crowd of Trump supporters who see windows smashed, officers beat and fight with metal barricades.
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The committee shows a video of staff fleeing Kevin McCarthy’s office on January 6
The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol showed unseen footage of staff evacuating the office of Republican minority leader Kevin McCarthy as a violent mob stormed the building.
The video was shown on Thursday evening at the opening of the first public hearings held by the committee, which said it would provide evidence to show that Donald Trump tried to cancel the 2020 election.
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