WASHINGTON (AP) – Nearly a year after its creation, a House of Representatives committee investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol will make public its findings this week as lawmakers hope to show the American public how democracy has come. to the brink of disaster.
The series of hearings over the next few weeks begins with a prime-time session Thursday night, in which the nine-member commission plans to review its 11-month investigation. More than 1,000 people have been interviewed by the commission, and only excerpts from these testimonies have been revealed to the public, mostly through court documents.
What you need to know before the hearing:
WHEN WILL THE HEARING TAKE PLACE?
The first of six hearings is scheduled to begin live at 20:00 EDT on Thursday. It will be held in the large office building of the House in the Capitol complex of the United States. Lawmakers plan to get witnesses to testify and display a series of unprecedented images and exhibits related to the beginning of the uprising and the attack itself.
HOW TO WATCH THE HEARING
Several major networks and cable news programs are expected to hold the first live prime-time hearing. The commission is also expected to broadcast it live on C-SPAN and on its YouTube page.
WHO IS EXPECTED TO TESTIMONY?
The elected committee has not yet released details on who is expected to testify on Thursday. But the public hearing, unlike other committee hearings, will be a mix of traditional testimony as well as a multimedia presentation.
WHAT WILL HE LISTEN TO?
The first hearing is expected to be ordered by the table for the remaining subsequent hearings. The commission, which consists of seven Democrats and two Republicans, plans to highlight several areas of information it has gathered during its investigation.
So far, the panel’s investigation has been divided into a number of focus areas, including efforts by former President Trump and his allies to question the election and halt President Joe Biden’s victory; financing and organizing rallies in Washington before the attack; security failures by Capitol police and federal agencies; and the actions of the rebels themselves.
WILL THERE BE NEW DETAILS ABOUT THE UPRISING?
Several members of the commission have promised new and explosive information to emerge from the public hearings, but it remains unclear what this will lead to.
The hearings are expected to be comprehensive, but not the last word from the committee. He plans to publish follow-up reports on his findings, including recommendations for legislative reforms, ahead of the by-elections.
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