The House of Representatives Election Commission is holding a public, televised hearing detailing the investigation into the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol.
The first hearing took place last Thursday and lasted 90 minutes. The second hearing took place on Monday, and the third hearing, originally scheduled for Wednesday, was postponed due to “technical problems”. The hearing on Thursday, June 16 begins at 13:00 ET.
There may be up to eight days of hearings before the end of the month, some of which have been announced (see list below), and more in September.
You can watch the procedure here:
Representative Liz Cheney, in her introductory statement at the first hearing, offered a rough description of the forthcoming hearings and their dates, each with a specific theme and purpose. The Washington Post announced a witness schedule, which is included below and updated.
HEARING SCHEDULE:
The June 4, 16, hearing aims to outline Trump’s efforts to pressure Vice President Mike Pence to suspend the election. Greg Jacob, the vice president’s former chief adviser, will testify with J. Michael Lutig, retired judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth District and an informal adviser to Pence. Lutig reportedly helped convince Pence that the vice president could not overturn state results alone. It starts at 13:00 ET
The hearing on June 5 and 21 will follow the alleged efforts of the then president to unduly influence state legislators and elected officials. Georgia’s Secretary of State Brad Rafensperger and Gabriel Sterling, one of his top aides, have been called to testify.
Hearings 6 (June 23) and 7 (TBA) aim to explain how “Trump convened a violent mob and led them to march illegally to the US Capitol” and how he failed to take action to stop these same people until they stormed the Capitol Building. No date has yet been set for these proceedings.
Hearing 3 has been postponed to June 15 (TBA date) and will focus on Trump’s alleged conspiracy to influence and eventually replace the US Attorney General in order to continue false allegations of elections. Jeffrey Rosen, then acting Attorney General, his deputy, Richard Donohue, and Justice Department official Steve Engel will testify. The Post says their testimony will take place in the morning.
C-SPAN serves as a pool for broadcast and cable media and will cover the hearing with seven cameras. Any network – with the exception of Fox News, which does not fully cover the hearings – will add analysis and reporting.
It is reported that with piles of data, graphic presentations, thousands of hours of footage and hundreds of photos, the hearings will be much busier than usual. Probably a factor as to why James Goldston, a former ABC News president, advised the presentation. Official proceedings may also be submitted to january6th.house.gov.
What follows are the current coverage plans that each network has announced for forthcoming hearings.
NETWORK COVERAGE PLANS:
ABC
ABC plans to broadcast the hearings live this week.
ABC News Digital and ABC News Live will also provide coverage.
CBS
CBS evening news anchor and managing editor Nora O’Donnell will host the live webcast with a special CBS News report on CBS’s leading broadcast, as well as CBS News Streaming and CBS News mobile applications.
Continuous coverage will be available for viewing at CBSNews.com/hearings. Viewers can also watch CBS News live on CBSNews.com and the network’s YouTube channel.
O’Donnell will be joined on Thursday by John Dickerson, election and campaign chief correspondent Robert Costa, White House chief correspondent Nancy Cordes, Washington’s chief correspondent Major Garrett, and congressional correspondents Nicole Killen and Scython.
CBS News Streaming Network, CBS News Radio and the partner service CBS Newspath will have special live coverage for each of the public hearings of the elected committee of the Chamber. Continuous coverage will be available for viewing at CBSNews.com/hearings. Viewers can also watch CBS News live on CBSNews.com and the network’s YouTube channel.
The coverage of the hearings will also be included in CBS Mornings, CBS Evening News With Norah O’Donnell, CBS Sunday Morning and Face the Nation.
CNN
CNN’s report on the commission’s January 6 hearings will be broadcast live without requiring cable access via CNN.com and CNN OTT and mobile applications under “TV Channels” or CNNgo, where available. CNN will broadcast live on June 16 and 23 from 12:00 to 16:00 ET and on June 21 and 22 from 9:00 to 13:00 ET. Times are subject to change.
C-SPAN
The Public Affairs Network serves as a pool for broadcast and cable media and will cover the hearing with seven cameras strategically located around the majestic Cannon Caucus Room. The setup will include a camera that will be taken to get photos from the cover of the podium; manned camera “read on” to capture members of the commission; a manned “cut” camera to take pictures of podium members or witnesses and their masses; robotic witness camera; and another witness chamber. The hearing will be live on C-SPAN, C-SPAN.org and the C-SPAN Now app.
NBC
NBC News will also broadcast the hearings live on NBC News Now.
NBC News Digital will offer real-time updates, reporting and analysis during hearings.
PBS
PBS NewsHour will offer live special coverage of the hearings held by the selected committee on its broadcasting, online and social platforms, starting at 13:00 ET on Thursday.
You can broadcast the hearings live on the NewsHour homepage, as well as on its Twitter, Facebook Live and YouTube pages.
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