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For in-depth information about the committee’s investigation so far, check out the related story links below. There’s a BIG Guide to help you stay on top of who’s who plus Daily Kos interviews with one of the committee’s first witnesses as well as members of law enforcement who fought off the mob on Jan. 6.
The next hearing is scheduled for June 13 at 10 PM ET. Additional hearings are expected on June 15 at 10 AM ET. and June 16 at 1 PM ET. A time for the June 21 hearing has not yet been confirmed. A final presentation is anticipated on June 23 and that hearing will be in primetime, like tonight, at 8 PM.
Witnesses on Thursday night are filmmaker Nick Quested, who embedded with the Proud Boys in the lead-up to Jan. 6, and U.S. Capitol Police officer Caroline Edwards, who suffered a traumatic brain injury after being assaulted by members of the mob.
New video footage from Jan. 6 is expected to be released during tonight’s hearing, putting the extremist elements that were at play that day in sharp relief. Heavy attention will likely be paid to the speech that Trump delivered from the Ellipse as well. It was those remarks that earned him his second impeachment for incitement of insurrection.
Next week, witnesses reportedly in the mix include Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, who once fielded a call from Trump to “find” 11,000 votes so he could beat now-President Joe Biden’s victory in that state. Members of former Vice President Mike Pence’s office, including onetime chief of staff Marc Short and former chief counsel Greg Jacob, have been invited to testify. Other witnesses reportedly invited include officials who worked at the Department of Justice under Trump, including Jeffrey Rosen and Richard Donoghue. More details to come on that in the days ahead.
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Friday, Jun 10, 2022 · 1:28:47 AM +00:00 · Brandi Buchman
As we get into the second half of tonight’s hearing, we have heard opening remarks from USCP Officer Caroline Edwards, the daughter of a U.S. Marine who fought in the Korean War.
Nick Quested, the British filmmaker also discloses in opening remarks that he is appearing under subpoena.
We are hearing as well from investigative counsel for the Jan. 6 Committee and they have outlined how the breaches unfolded, how Tarrio and Rhodes met in a parking garage one day before the attack. How Tarrio said that he and Rhodes shared the same objective.
Quested’s crew filmed them on the evening of Jan. 5 and Jan. 6.
Friday, Jun 10, 2022 · 1:50:55 AM +00:00 · Brandi Buchman
Sitting behind USCP Officer Caroline Edwards tonight are USCP Officer Harry Dunn and Sgt. Aquilino Gonell.
Chairman Thompson asked Officer Edwards to recount one memory that stands out the most in her mind.
“The time when I talked about falling behind MPD's line, I remember because I had been kind of shielded away, she says. She only had a partial view. When she fell behind the line, she can remember her breath catching in her throat. It was like something she had “seen at the movies.”
“I couldn't believe my eyes. There were officers on the ground. They were bleeding,” she says.
It was a scenario she had no training for, that was far beyond the scope.
Thompson apologized to Edwards, saying they never thought she would have to defend the Capitol against her fellow Americans.