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Jan. 6 committee holds seventh hearing
By Adrienne Vogt, Aditi Sangal, Mike Hayes, Maureen Chowdhury and Elise Hammond, CNN
Updated 6:59 p.m. ET, July 12, 2022
What we covered here
- In its seventh public hearing, the Jan. 6 committee investigating the insurrection zeroed in on the connection between Trump and extremist groups as the mob came together.
- The committee showed Trump and his allies interacted with these violent groups. Evidence also showed some of the rally organizers even expressed concern about the event and the people gathering in Washington.
- The panel heard live testimony from a former spokesperson for the Oath Keepers and another person who participated in the riot as well as clips of the deposition of former White House counsel Pat Cipollone.
- While the panel can’t bring legal charges against Trump, its central mission has been to uncover the full scope of his attempt to stop the transfer of power and connect his efforts to the violence at the Capitol. The Justice Department would ultimately need to be the one to decide whether to bring criminal charges.
- Our live coverage has ended. Read more about today's hearing in the posts below.
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January 6 committee members preview Tuesday's hearing on role of extremist groups in Capitol riot
By Devan Cole, Morgan Rimmer and Aaron Pellish, CNN
The January 6 insurrection: Minute-by-minute
By Marshall Cohen and Avery Lotz, CNN CNN Illustration by Alberto Mier
What the January 6 committee will present this week and what we've learned so far
Analysis by Paul LeBlanc, CNN
Here's what the January 6 committee has revealed through its 6 hearings
By Zachary Cohen, Annie Grayer and Ryan Nobles, CNN
Steve Bannon says he's willing to testify before January 6 committee after Trump waives claims of executive privilege
By Sara Murray, CNN
Rep. Thompson says there's been no progress yet on getting Steve Bannon to testify
From CNN's Manu Raju
Steve Bannon waves after speaking to the press in November 2021 in Washington, DC.
Steve Bannon waves after speaking to the press in November 2021 in Washington, DC. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
When Jan. 6 select committee chair Rep. Bennie Thompson was asked if he expects former White House strategist Steve Bannon to testify, Thompson told CNN, “not yet.”
He said that Bannon has to comply with all elements in the subpoena first.
“In order for us to consider, he has agreed to comply with the items in the subpoena,” Thompson said.
Asked if he expected Ginni Thomas — the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas — to testify before the committee in a deposition, Thompson said, “not at this point.”
He also said the nearly eight hours of former President Trump's White House counsel Pat Cipollone’s private testimony was sufficient and they don’t plan to bring him in as a live witness, saying it’s “probably all we need.”
17 hr 45 min ago
NOW: The Jan. 6 committee hearing has started
From CNN staff
The House select committee investigating the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection at the US Capitol has begun its seventh hearing.
The panel is expected to present evidence that shows former President Donald Trump's 'efforts to assemble that mob on the mall' and connections between the Trump White House and various extremist groups at the rally that preceded the attack on the US Capitol, according to committee member Rep. Adam Schiff.
17 hr 53 min ago
All members of the select committee attended Cipollone deposition, according to source
From CNN's Ryan Nobles
Pat Cipollone walks to an interview room in the Ford House Office Building in Washington, DC, to answer questions from investigators with the Jan. 6 Select Committee on July 8.
Pat Cipollone walks to an interview room in the Ford House Office Building in Washington, DC, to answer questions from investigators with the Jan. 6 Select Committee on July 8. (Gemunu Amarasinghe/AP)
While it is rare for all the Jan. 6 select committee members to participate in a deposition, every member was present at different parts of the deposition of former White House counsel Pat Cipollone. A source described their participation as active and engaged, and every member was present for most of the interview.
This underscores how the committee views Cipollone's role as significant and that it will likely be a key part in today’s hearings and others going forward.
The lengthy depositions conducted by the committee are, for the most part, run by the committee’s investigative team. Members of the committee are welcome to participate when they’d like, and they often pop in and out as their schedule allows.
Committee members have an opportunity to join virtually whenever they are able.
17 hr 55 min ago
These are some of the names connected to extremist groups that may be mentioned in today's hearing
From CNN's Hannah Rabinowitz
In the lead-up to today's Jan. 6, 2021, hearing, members of the committee said the presentation will zero in on connections between then-President Donald Trump’s administration and groups such as the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys.
Here are some of the key figures that could come up in the committee’s hearing:
Joe Biggs
Biggs, a Proud Boys leader from Florida and former InfoWars correspondent, assumed a top leadership role within the Proud Boys after the Jan. 4 arrest of Proud Boys Chairman Enrique Tarrio, according to the Justice Department. Biggs allegedly led the Proud Boys in a march to and around the Capitol building and was present at the initial breach of Capitol grounds.
Biggs faces nine federal charges including seditious conspiracy and has pleaded not guilty.
Kelly Meggs
Meggs is a leader of the Florida chapter of the Oath Keepers and is one of several members charged with seditious conspiracy. He has pleaded not guilty. Text messages from around Jan. 6 show that Meggs discussed the possibility of using the Proud Boys as a “force multiplier” on Jan. 6 with other Oath Keepers and that he was in touch with former Trump adviser Roger Stone about providing security during the Stop the Steal rally.
Meggs allegedly led the infamous first “stack” of Oath Keepers up the steps and into the Capitol building on Jan. 6, according to the Justice Department. Once inside, Meggs allegedly went searching for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Ethan Nordean
Nordean, a Proud Boys leader from Washington state, also assumed a top leadership role in the absence of Tarrio. Nordean, along with Biggs, led a large group of Proud Boys in a march from the Washington Monument to the Capitol.
Nordean faces nine federal charges including seditious conspiracy and has pleaded not guilty.
Dominic Pezzola
Pezzola, a Rochester Proud Boys member, is accused of smashing a window with a stolen police officer’s riot shield, precipitating the first breach of the Capitol building.
He was allegedly one of the first rioters inside and was at the front of the group who chased Capitol Police Officer Eugene Goodman up the stairs.
Pezzola faces 10 federal charges including seditious conspiracy and has pleaded not guilty.
Stewart Rhodes
Rhodes, an Army veteran and graduate of Yale law school, founded the Oath Keepers in 2009 and has led the far-right organization ever since. Rhodes was at the Capitol on January 6 but is not alleged to have entered the building, though phone records show he allegedly communicated with members who did go inside the Capitol and with members staged at an armed “quick reaction force” just outside Washington, DC.
Rhodes was also a member of a “VIP” Signal chat alongside Roger Stone, Ali Alexander, Alex Jones and other key Trump allies, according to people familiar with Signal messages that prosecutors have obtained.
Rhodes, along with nine other members of the Oath Keepers, is set to go to trial in September on charges of seditious conspiracy. He is currently being held in a federal detention facility near Washington, DC. Rhodes has pleaded not guilty to all criminal charges stemming from Jan. 6.
Read about more names that might come up here.
17 hr 55 min ago
Here's a reminder of how the key events of the Jan. 6 insurrection unfolded
From CNN’s Ted Barrett, Manu Raju and Peter Nickeas
A noose is seen on makeshift gallows as supporters of President Donald Trump gather on the west side of the Capitol in Washington, DC, on January 6, 2021.
A noose is seen on makeshift gallows as supporters of President Donald Trump gather on the west side of the Capitol in Washington, DC, on January 6, 2021. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)
The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the US Capitol is set to lay out its findings during another public hearing. When and how the events occurred that day have been a key part of the committee’s probe.
Supporters of then-President Trump breached the US Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, engulfing the building in chaos after Trump urged his supporters to protest against the ceremonial counting of the electoral votes to certify President Biden's win.
Here's how key events unfolded throughout the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, after Trump’s speech:
- At 1:10 p.m. ET, while Congress began the process of affirming then-President-elect Joe Biden's Electoral College win, Trump encouraged his supporters to protest at the US Capitol. Despite promising he would join them, Trump retreated to the White House in his SUV and watched on television as the violence unfolded on Capitol Hill.
- Shortly after 1 p.m. ET, hundreds of pro-Trump protesters pushed through barriers set up along the perimeter of the Capitol, where they tussled with officers in full riot gear, some calling the officers 'traitors' for doing their jobs.
- About 90 minutes later, police said demonstrators got into the building and the doors to the House and Senate were being locked. Shortly after, the House floor was evacuated by police. Then-Vice President Mike Pence was also evacuated from the chamber, he was to perform his role in the counting of electoral votes.
- An armed standoff took place at the House front door as of 3 p.m. ET, and police officers had their guns drawn at someone who was trying to breach it. A Trump supporter was also pictured standing at the Senate dais earlier in the afternoon.
- The Senate floor was cleared of rioters as of 3:30 p.m. ET, and an officer told CNN that they had successfully squeezed them away from the Senate wing of the building and towards the Rotunda, and they were removing them out of the East and West doors of the Capitol.
- The US Capitol Police worked to secure the second floor of the Capitol first and were seen just before 5 p.m. ET pushing demonstrators off the steps on the east side of the building.
- With about 30 minutes to go before Washington, DC's 6 p.m. ET curfew, Washington police amassed in a long line to push the mob back from the Capitol grounds. It took until roughly 5:40 p.m. ET for the building to once again be secured, according to the sergeant-at-arms.
Lawmakers began returning to the Capitol after the building was secured and made it clear that they intended to resume their intended business — namely, confirming Biden's win over Trump by counting the votes in the Electoral College.
Proceedings resumed at about 8 p.m. ET with Pence — who never left the Capitol, according to his press secretary — bringing the Senate session back into order.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said in a statement earlier on the evening of Jan. 6 that congressional leadership wanted to continue with the joint session that night.
Then-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on the floor that the 'United States Senate will not be intimidated. We will not be kept out of this chamber by thugs, mobs or threats.'
It took until deep in the early hours of Thursday morning (Jan. 7, 2021), but Congress eventually counted and certified Biden's election win.
See a minute-by-minute timeline of events here.
18 hr 42 min ago
Specific role of Michael Flynn is expected to be a focus of Jan. 6 committee in today's hearing
From CNN's Ryan Nobles and Zach Cohen
Michael Flynn is seen in Washington, DC, in December 2018.
Michael Flynn is seen in Washington, DC, in December 2018. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
The Jan. 6 select committee is prepared to unpack the very specific role that former President Donald Trump's national security adviser Michael Flynn played in efforts to undermine the 2020 election — and how Flynn was one of the loudest voices in Trump’s ear pushing him to continue his claims the election was stolen.
Flynn, who Trump pardoned on Dec. 1, 2020, was a key figure in the Dec. 18 meeting that the committee believes served as a prelude to Trump’s call to bring his supporters to Washington.
Flynn was among those pushing Trump to convince the Department of Justice to seize voting machines in swing states. He also peddled wild conspiracies about foreign election interference and was present in the Willard Hotel war room leading up to Jan. 6, 2021.
Flynn spoke to the committee, and portions of his deposition are expected today. He has already been featured in past hearings, mostly pleading the Fifth — including when specifically asked if he believed in a peaceful transfer of power.
Flynn has direct ties to the extremist groups featured today, as some members of those groups served as his personal security in the week of Jan. 6. He also is connected to Ivan Raiklin, who the committee has already introduced as someone who has encouraged members of the Trump team to play the “Pence Card” — meaning pressuring former Vice President Mike Pence to stand in the way of the election certification. Raiklin at one time served as Flynn’s attorney.
Committee plans to discuss a December 2020 meeting with several GOP members at the White House
From CNN's Manu Raju
More details on the role of House GOP members are expected to be revealed today.
The committee plans to mention a Dec. 21, 2020, White House meeting with several members of Congress including Mo Brooks, Andy Biggs, Louie Gohmert, Paul Gosar, Andy Harris and others, according to a source familiar with the matter.
This meeting will shed new light on the timeline of events leading up to the insurrection. It occurred after the Dec. 18 White House meeting where plots to overturn the election will be discussed — as well as a Dec. 19 tweet from President Trump urging his supporters to come to Washington on Jan. 6.
Several of those GOP members have been subpoenaed by the committee but have fought those subpoenas, while some of them are alleged to have sought pardons from Trump as well.
19 hr 3 min ago
These are the lawmakers on the committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot
From CNN's Annie Grayer and Ryan Nobles
The Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the US Capitol is seen during a hearing on Capitol Hill on June 9.
The Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the US Capitol is seen during a hearing on Capitol Hill on June 9. (Jabin Botsford/Pool/Getty Images)
Members of the House select committee have been investigating what happened before, after and during the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol — and now they are presenting what they discovered to the public.
The committee is made up of seven Democrats and two Republicans. It was formed after efforts to create an independent 9/11-style commission failed.
Rep. Liz Cheney is one of two Republicans on the panel appointed by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat from California, after House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy pulled all five of his selections because Pelosi would not accept two of his picks. In July 2021, Pelosi invited GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois to join the committee, making him the second GOP lawmaker to sit on the committee.
Here's who is on the panel — and key things to know about them:
Democrats:
Rep. Bennie Thompson, chair: Thompson, a Democrat from Mississippi, is the chair of the House select committee. Thompson also serves as chair of the Homeland Security Committee, the first ever Democrat to hold the position. As chair of the Homeland Security panel, Thompson introduced and oversaw the House's passage of the legislative recommendations after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Thompson is a civil rights pioneer who started his political career by registering fellow African Americans to vote in the segregated South. His first political victory was being elected the first Black mayor of his hometown of Bolton, Mississippi. He is the only Democrat serving in Mississippi's delegation. Thompson views the work of the Jan. 6 committee in the same vein as his work in the civil rights struggle.
Rep. Pete Aguilar: Aguilar is a Democrat from Southern California. Before coming to Congress, he served as the mayor of Redlands, California. Aguilar is considered a rising star in the House Democratic Caucus. As vice chair of the House Democratic Caucus he is the highest-ranking Latino member in congressional leadership. In addition to his role on the Jan. 6 committee, Aguilar has several high-profile committee assignments. He also is a member of the committees on Appropriations and House Administration. Aguilar believes the committee's most important job is creating a full, comprehensive record of what led to the violence of Jan. 6, 2021.
Rep. Zoe Lofgren: Lofgren is a Democrat from California who served as an impeachment manager in the first impeachment trial against Trump. Lofgren is also chair of the Committee on House Administration. She was first elected to Congress in 1994 and also served as a staffer on Capitol Hill for eight years. Lofgren has a background as an immigration lawyer and has made reforming immigration law a key part of her portfolio as a member of Congress. She also represents a big part of the Silicon Valley and as a result has had a heavy focus on tech related issues. She is a long-time ally and friend to Pelosi. The duo has served in the California Congressional delegation together for close to three decades and both represent different parts of the bay area in Northern California.
Rep. Elaine Luria: Luria is a Democrat from the Virginia Beach area who represents a community with a significant number of constituents connected to the military. Luria is a Navy Veteran. She served 20 years as an officer on Navy ships, retiring as a commander. She has attributed her military background as part of her motivation for serving on the Jan. 6 committee and getting to the bottom of what happened on that day. Of the nine members of the committee, Luria is facing the toughest general election in the fall midterms.
Rep. Stephanie Murphy: Murphy is a Democrat from Florida and is the first Vietnamese American woman elected to Congress. Before serving in Congress, Murphy was a national security specialist in the office of the US Secretary of Defense. Murphy said the challenge for committee members is to translate the mountains of information learned through the investigation into a digestible narrative for the American people. Murphy announced in December 2021 that she would not be seeking reelection.
Rep. Jamie Raskin: Raskin is a Democrat from Maryland who previously served as the lead impeachment manager for Democrats during Trump's second impeachment trial. In the days before the Capitol insurrection, Raskin announced the death by suicide of his 25-year-old son, Tommy, on New Years Eve 2020. Raskin reflected on the tragic loss of his son, and his experience living through the attack on the Capitol, in his book 'Unthinkable: Trauma, Truth and the Trials of American Democracy.' Raskin said that becoming the lead House impeachment manager last year served as a 'lifeline' in the aftermath of his son's death, describing to David Axelrod on 'The Axe Files' podcast how Pelosi asked him to lead the second impeachment managers.
Rep. Adam Schiff: Schiff is a Democrat from California and also serves as the chair of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. He was the lead impeachment manager representing Democrats during Trump's first impeachment trial. 'January 6 will be remembered as one of the darkest days in our nation's history. Yet, more than a year later, the threat to our democracy is as grave as ever. January 6 was not a day in isolation, but the violent culmination of multiple efforts to overturn the last presidential election and interfere with the peaceful transfer of power for the first time in our history,' Schiff said in a statement to CNN.
Republicans
Rep. Liz Cheney, vice chair: Cheney, who represents Wyoming, serves as the vice chair on the committee. Cheney has been an outspoken critic of former President Donald Trump and was one of 10 House Republicans to vote to impeach him. House Republicans have punished her for her public opposition to Trump by removing her as their party's conference chair in May of last year and she faces a Trump-endorsed challenger in the GOP primary in her reelection bid. That primary is in August. Cheney told CBS in an interview that aired over the weekend that she believes the January 6 attack was a conspiracy, saying when asked, 'I do. It is extremely broad. It's extremely well organized. It's really chilling.' She has even gone as far to say that Trump's inaction to intervene as the attack unfolded was a 'dereliction of duty.'
Adam Kinzinger: Kinzinger of Illinois broke with his party by accepting the appointment from Pelosi. Kinzinger, once thought to have a bright future in GOP politics, has taken heavy criticism from his colleagues because of his criticism of Trump. He has placed much of the blame of inciting the violence that day on Trump and his allies. Kinzinger is one of 10 Republicans who voted twice to impeach Trump after the Capitol insurrection. He also voted for the bipartisan independent commission to investigate the riot. His willingness to take on Trump led to the former President personally promising to back a primary opponent. Instead of facing the prospect of a Trump back challenge, he chose to retire from Congress at the end of his current term.
19 hr 29 min ago
Here's some of what to expect from today's hearing
From CNN's Dana Bash
Pat Cipollone walks to a conference room in the Ford House Office Building during a break in his interview with investigators from the Jan. 6 Select Committee on July 8.
Pat Cipollone walks to a conference room in the Ford House Office Building during a break in his interview with investigators from the Jan. 6 Select Committee on July 8. (Gemunu Amarasinghe/AP)
The Jan. 6 committee will jump back and forth during today's hearing between what Trump world was doing leading up to and on January 6, 2021, and what the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers groups were doing.
The committee will show “communication” more than “coordination” between the two worlds — meaning there was no directive on what to do and how to act on Jan. 6 from anyone in Trump world that they found.
They have also found no evidence President Trump was working with the Proud Boys, for example, but there were connections and links between Roger Stone, Michael Flynn, and these groups.
Additionally, today we will see up to a dozen clips from former White House counsel Pat Cipollone's testimony last week. Overall, while he was careful not to disclose his direct conversations with Trump, he was forthcoming about what his own thoughts and opinions were at the time, which are apparently revealing. It suggests what the President was told, and what he was doing and not doing on Jan. 6 during those 187 minutes.
19 hr 39 min ago
Security concerns heightened for today's Jan. 6 hearing, sources say
From CNN's Ryan Nobles
Sources familiar with the planning for today’s Jan. 6 select committee hearing told CNN that the committee and Capitol Police have taken extra, enhanced steps to secure the hearing room, the witnesses and the members themselves.
Members were briefed yesterday afternoon about the additional security precautions, which includes having additional Capitol Police officers assigned to each member in and around the hearing room today.
The select committee also kept a close hold on the names of potential witnesses for fear of their safety — noting that some of them have direct ties to the domestic extremist groups that will be featured in today’s hearing.
The committee and its members are aware that they will be revealing detailed information about these normally secretive groups. These groups are known for their penchant toward violence, and there is a real concern about the safety of those involved.
The committee has been very cautious about security from their inception and have shown examples of threats directed at members, staff and witnesses.
19 hr 32 min ago
Committee will show some messages between Trump allies and members of right-wing groups
From CNN's Manu Raju
The Jan. 6 committee has obtained encrypted messages from members of right-wing extremist groups and will be showing some interactions between Trump allies and the groups, a source familiar with the matter told CNN.
The source declined to specify which Trump allies are at issue, but aides said yesterday that the hearing will examine the roles of Roger Stone and Michael Flynn.
The committee also plans to show a fair amount of video from its deposition with former Trump White House counsel Pat Cipollone, including his description of the Dec. 18 meeting at the White House where efforts to overturn the election were discussed, the source said.
There will also be discussion about specific GOP members of Congress, the source added.
19 hr 55 min ago
A former aide testified Trump wanted to march on the Capitol. Here are takeaways from the last Jan. 6 hearing.
From CNN's Marshall Cohen, Zachary Cohen and Alex Rogers
Cassidy Hutchinson is sworn-in as she testifies during the hearing on June 28 in Washington, DC.
Cassidy Hutchinson is sworn-in as she testifies during the hearing on June 28 in Washington, DC. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
The Jan. 6 committee's most recent sixth hearing on June 28 featured testimony from Cassidy Hutchinson, a former aide to Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows.
Hutchinson had cooperated extensively with the investigation, having sat for four closed-door depositions. She revealed how then-President Donald Trump and his inner circle were warned about the potential for violence on Jan. 6, 2021, and how Trump wanted to join the throngs of his supporters at the US Capitol.
The testimony bolstered the narrative that the committee has been driving toward over the last few weeks: That Trump incited and supported the insurrection as part of a desperate power grab to steal a second term, and that many of his top advisers thought his schemes were illegal.
Here are takeaways from Hutchinson's key testimony:
Trump was warned about violence: Hutchinson said Trump was personally aware of the potential for violence, yet forged ahead on Jan. 6 with his attempts to rile up his supporters. She said Trump was told that morning that weapons were being confiscated from some of his supporters who came for his rally. Later, when Trump and his team were at the Ellipse, Trump told his staffers to 'take the mags away' — referring to the metal detectors — because the people in the crowd, 'they're not here to hurt me.' Trump also said, 'I don't f**king care that they have weapons,' according to Hutchinson.
The former President intended to go to the Capitol: It was previously known that Trump wanted to go to the Capitol, but Hutchinson's testimony established for the first time that people around Trump had advanced knowledge of this plan. She said that she heard a secondhand account of how Trump was so enraged at his Secret Service detail for blocking him from going to the Capitol on Jan. 6 that he lunged to the front of his presidential limo and tried to turn the wheel. According to Hutchinson, Tony Ornato, then-White House deputy chief of staff, recounted Trump screaming, 'I'm the f**king President. Take me up to the Capitol now.' Trump then 'reached up toward the front of the vehicle to grab at the steering wheel,' Hutchinson remembered learning. She added that, according to Ornato, Trump used his other hand 'lunge' at Robert Engel, who was the Secret Service agent in charge.
Insight into Trump's temper: Hutchinson also recounted a separate Trump tantrum after then-Attorney General William Barr told the Associated Press in December 2020 there was no evidence of widespread fraud in the 2020 election. 'I remember hearing noise coming from down the hallway,' Hutchinson began. She saw the President's valet in the dining room, changing the tablecloth, ketchup dripping down the wall, and a porcelain plate shattered on the floor. 'The President was extremely angry at the attorney general's ... interview and had thrown his lunch against the wall,' Hutchinson said. 'I grabbed a towel and started wiping the ketchup off the wall.'
The 25th Amendment: Trump delivered a speech on Jan. 7, 2021, finally acknowledging that Biden would be inaugurated in part because there was a 'large concern' by the White House that Pence and the Cabinet could invoke the 25th Amendment to remove him from power, according to Hutchinson's testimony. She said that Trump did not want to include references in the speech to prosecuting the pro-Trump rioters, but instead wanted to float pardons for them. If the 25th Amendment had been invoked, Trump could've put his presidency up for a vote before Congress, where two-thirds would have been necessary to kick him out.
Read more takeaways from the sixth hearing here.
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By Marshall Cohen and Avery Lotz, CNN CNN Illustration by Alberto Mier
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Analysis by Paul LeBlanc, CNN
Here's what the January 6 committee has revealed through its 6 hearings
By Zachary Cohen, Annie Grayer and Ryan Nobles, CNN
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