Jan. 6 panel to put Trump at center of ‘coordinated, multistep effort’ to overturn election

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Jan. 6 panel to put Trump at center of ‘coordinated, multistep effort’ to overturn election
by Rebecca Beitsch and Harper Neidig - 06/09/22 5:22 AM ET

The Jan. 6 committee will rely on recorded testimony from former Trump officials and even family members of the ex-president as it uses its first prime-time hearing to connect Donald Trump to the riot at the Capitol and the broader effort to keep him in power.

The 8 p.m. hearing is the committee’s first public event in months and represents a chance to share some of what it has learned from interviews with more than 1,000 people.

“We will be revealing new details showing that Jan. 6 was the result of a coordinated, multistep effort to overturn the results of the 2020 election and stop the transfer of power from Donald Trump to Joe Biden,” a select committee aide said on a call with reporters on the eve of Thursday’s prime-time hearing.

“And indeed, that former President Donald Trump was at the center of that effort,” the aide added.

Some of the videotaped depositions shared will be those with “Trump White House officials, senior Trump administration officials, Trump campaign officials and indeed Trump family members,” the aide said.

The panel has repeatedly emphasized its plans to share “never before seen” footage and hired a veteran ABC producer to assist with assembling a package it will air tomorrow.

It will also feature live testimony from Nick Quested, a documentarian who was working on a project about the Proud Boys and was present at a Jan. 5 meeting between leaders of that group and the Oath Keepers, a militia group whose members participated in the Capitol breach.

Viewers will also hear from U.S. Capitol Police Officer Caroline Edwards, one of the first officers wounded in the attack that ultimately injured some 150 officers.

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https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/3516796-jan-6-panel-to-put-trump-at-center-of-coordinated-multistep-effort-to-overturn-election/

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Jan. 6 committee gears up for prime-time hearing
by Juliegrace Brufke, Congressional Reporter
 | June 09, 2022 06:00 AM

he Jan. 6 committee’s first prime-time hearing on findings from its investigation into the deadly riot at the Capitol is slated to take place on Thursday evening, with sources familiar with the efforts asserting it will provide new information pertaining to the siege.

The hearing is expected to feature testimony from Capitol Police Officer Caroline Edwards, who was injured during the attack, and documentarian Nick Quested, who is expected to speak on his experience being embedded with members of the Proud Boys in the days leading up to the attack. One select committee aide told reporters that the hearing will “serve as a sort of an opening statement” aimed at previewing what to expect in the hearings, bring “the American people back to the reality of that violence,” and depict the gravity of the situation.

“I will say that the vast majority of witnesses that select based on information from have cooperated with us voluntarily, the vast majority who have been stated have complied with the law. So the select committee has mountains of new information. We're going to be able to share intel in this initial set of hearings, but we will tell what we think are really key parts of the story,” the source said.

In addition to the panel’s plans to question witnesses in real time, previously unseen content from interviews the panel conducted with witnesses close to former President Donald Trump and his allies will also be shown.

“The American people will hear from a small portion of the interviews in the course of our investigation, and those will include senior Trump White House officials, senior Trump administration officials, Trump campaign officials, and Trump family,” the source continued.

“And again, the vast majority of material you'll see tomorrow evening is previously unseen, whether it is that documentary evidence, whether it is recording video or audio recording the witnesses we've interviewed, whether it is records obtained in the course of our investigation. And I expect that tomorrow you're gonna hear from the chair and the vice chair, and they're gonna be the ones presenting this information, by and large, and, of course, asking questions of our witnesses,” the source added.

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https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/jan-6-committee-gears-up-for-prime-time-hearing

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“The American people will hear from a small portion of the interviews in the course of our investigation, and those will include senior Trump White House officials, senior Trump administration officials, Trump campaign officials, and Trump family,” the source continued.

Of course the interviews will be edited and portions taken out of context to prove the Dems case...

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Is there a soul on the planet unaware that Donald Trmp contests the outcome of the 2020 election?  Is there no one on the committee aware that state after state is proving the election was, indeed, frauduent?  The American voters sure are.

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Despite the tireless efforts of U.S. legacy media (including the ostensibly 'right-wing' media) to ignore it, the issue of Election Integrity remains near the top of likely voter concerns.

We will continue to cover it diligently.

Whoever blocks transparency - that's the cheater



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Donald J. Trump
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The Unselect Committee didn’t spend one minute studying the reason that people went to Washington, D.C., in massive numbers, far greater than the Fake News Media is willing to report, or that the Unselects are willing to even mention, because January 6th was not simply a protest, it represented the greatest movement in the history of our Country to Make America Great Again. It was about an Election that was Rigged and Stolen, and a Country that was about to go to HELL..& look at our Country now!

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Donald J. Trump
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The Unselect Committee of political Thugs, essentially the same group who brought you the now fully debunked and discredited RUSSIA, RUSSIA, RUSSIA HOAX (and many others!), refused to study and report on the massive amount of irrefutable evidence, much of it recently produced, that shows the 2020 Presidential Election was Rigged and Stolen. They want NOTHING to do with that topic because they cannot win on the facts. CANCEL & DENY, call it “THE BIG LIE,” is all they can do. Corrupt Politicians!

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 What does a Jan. 6 hearing victory look like for Democrats?
by Mike Lillis and Rebecca Beitsch - 06/09/22 5:22 AM ET

Democrats cheering the congressional investigation into last year’s violent attack on the Capitol face a tricky question as they make their case against former President Trump: What does a victory look like?

The answer seems to be as diverse as the House Democratic Caucus itself.

A number of lawmakers said they want the open proceedings, which begin in prime time on Thursday, to provide a high-stakes history lesson of sorts, revealing not only what happened on Jan. 6, 2021, when a pro-Trump mob tried to block the peaceful transfer of power, but why the threat to democracy remains real.

“If we reach people with an open mind and inform the public of how close we came to losing our democracy, and provide a sense of urgency about how we’re not out of the woods, I think we’ll have succeeded,” said Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), who sits on the select committee investigating the attack.

Another group is voicing hopes that the public airing of new revelations about the deadly riot will lead to greater accountability for those who executed it.

“Those people who perpetuated this insurrection should be punished, some should go to jail, and we should follow the chain to see where it started — not just from the bottom, but go to the top all the way down,” Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.) said.

Taking that sentiment a step further, some want the investigators’ findings to amp up the pressure on the Justice Department to prosecute more members of Trump’s inner circle — or even the former president himself — for their role in orchestrating the attack.

“I think there will be an increasing demand that something has to happen,” Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) said. “This may be a turning point; the hearings may prompt a kind of response I think many Americans would like to see.”

Others said much of the objective is to highlight the discrepancy between the two parties when it comes to protecting the nation’s institutions from violent insurrection.

“This was not some peaceful protest; this was not what the Republican National Committee referred to as ‘legitimate political discourse,’ ” said House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.). “This is a way to have the American people make their own judgment.”

Still others stressed the importance of preserving America’s role as a global example of how to protect democratic governance, particularly in an age of Russian aggression in Europe and rising autocracies around the world. Victory in this sense, said Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), another member of the Jan. 6 committee, hinges on the long-term durability of America’s democratic traditions and institutions.

“It’s a long-term test,” Raskin said.

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https://thehill.com/news/house/3516790-what-does-a-jan-6-hearing-victory-look-like-for-democrats/

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 Who is Nick Quested, the documentarian testifying tonight on Jan. 6?
by Brad Dress - 06/09/22 3:42 PM ET

The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot will hold its first public hearing tonight on what led to the uprising at the U.S. Capitol, looking to paint a narrative of a concerted effort to overturn certification of the 2020 election with former President Trump at the center.

One of the key witnesses called to testify at tonight’s trial is Nick Quested, a documentarian who followed the Proud Boys before and during the rioting.

Here’s what we know about Quested and his role in the committee’s investigation.

A British filmmaker with two Emmy awards

Quested, 52, hails from London, England. He owns Goldcrest Films, a film distribution company with operations in London and New York.

The company has produced popular movies such as the 1989 animated film “All Dogs Go to Heaven.”

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According to his biography, Quested has won two Emmys, including for his work on the documentary film “Restrepo” in 2010, which followed a U.S. platoon in Afghanistan.

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https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/3517688-who-is-nick-quested-the-documentarian-testifying-tonight-on-jan-6/