U.S. House investigators made the case to the American public that the violent insurrection by former U.S. president Donald Trump's supporters should not be forgotten.
House investigators make case that violent Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection should not be forgottenRep. Liz Cheney, left, gives an opening statement, with Rep. Bennie Thompson, right, as the U.S. House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol holds its first public hearing to reveal the findings of a year-long investigation, on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday.While the basics of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S.
The hearing featured never-before-seen video testimony from former attorney general Bill Barr and others who told Trump at the time that his fraud claims had no merit. Barr, who said publicly at the time that the Justice Department had not found fraud, said he had told Trump it was "bullsh-t."Ivanka Trump, William Barr testimony aired at U.S. Capitol riot hearingsThe U.S. congressional committee investigating the Jan.
It's still unclear how many will tune in, but the panel is producing the hearing in hopes of becoming must-see television, featuring never-before-seen video footage of the violent insurrection. Rep. Dean Phillips, a Democrat from Minnesota, said the House members, who were eventually relocated without harm, are dismayed that an event that exposed the fragility of democracy could "somehow be whitewashed by tens of millions of people, including many ... here in Congress.""We want to remind people, we were there, we saw what happened. We know how close we came to the first non-peaceful transition of power in this country," Phillips said.
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