The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol has promised its public hearings will “change history.” Here’s what to expect.
High viewer ratings require some advance hype, but prosecutors know it’s a mistake to promise a jury better evidence than they can actually deliver at trial. The same is true for a congressional hearing. So there were concerns when committee memberthat the evidence would “blow the roof off the House.
Raskin has suggested there will be “evidence” that Trump and his inner circle coordinated with some of the people involved in the Capitol attack. We know that the committee has footage from documentary filmmakers who followed the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys in the run-up to Jan. 6 — including footage of a meeting between the leaders of the two groups who are now under indictment for crimes including seditious conspiracy.
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