J6 Committee - draft schedule of hearings

[PunkinPi]

The House select committee investigating the January 6 attack on the Capitol is expected to stage six public hearings in June on how Donald Trump and some allies broke the law as they sought to overturn the 2020 election results, according to sources familiar with the inquiry.

The hearings are set to be a pivotal political moment for the country as the panel aims to publicly outline the potentially unlawful schemes that tried to keep the former president in office despite his defeat at the hands of Joe Biden.

According to the draft schedule, the June public hearings will explore Trump’s efforts to overturn the election, starting and ending with prime time hearings at 8pm on the 9th and the 23rd. In between, the panel will hold 10am hearings on the 13th, 15th, 16th and 21st.

The select committee appears to be planning for the hearings to be extensive affairs. The prime time hearings are currently scheduled to last between 1.5 and 2 hours and the morning hearings between 2 and 2.5 hours.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/may/23/capitol-attack-panel-public-hearings-trump

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Get your & ready!

[2naSalit]

1. Fasten yer seatbelts!

And Brace for impact.

[H2O Man]

8. +1

I can't wait!

[spanone]

2. Republicons held 33 Benghazi hearings.

https://archive.thinkprogress.org/after-years-of-hearings-on-benghazi-diamond-and-silk-house-gop-says-cohen-was-a-waste-of-time-c22626b510ea/

[lamp_shade]

3. Thanks. Bookmarked.

[JohnSJ]

4. The question is how much network coverage will they actually get, and how many viewers will

be motivated to even watch, a year and a half after the attempted overthrow of the government?

[blogslug]

6. I could be wrong

But from the info in the Guardian article, at least two hearings will air in prime time, which I assume means they'll be preempting broadcast television programming?

[Rebl2]

9. Probably be

on cable like msnbc, cnn. I don’t think the 3 networks will show them. I think at least one of them should, but bet none will.

[blogslug]

10. We'll see

I disagree. It's summer. Most new shows are on hiatus. People want to watch these hearings, of that I am positive.

[liberalla]

14. I think Watergate had some primetime airing on tv, and people were very interested... IIRC

I think Ken Starr got some prime time too... what a perv!

[Trailrider1951]

25. I think that PBS will broadcast the hearings

That will reach most Americans who wish to watch. They broadcasted the impeachments of Dumbass.

[Rebl2]

26. I believe they

will too. Probably c-span as well. I think the big three are to busy during the summer showing their game shows.

[kentuck]

5. But, my understanding is that the Committee is not shutting down.

They are only doing the hearings at this time for the public's benefit.

[Hoyt]

7. Keep em short and present hard evidence. More evidence trump is unfit for office won't cut it.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

12. Exactly. They hired a media expert to orchestrate this

I can't even fathom how you would present this information and hard evidence as you say in a cogent way that would literally make many people watch.

[Wild blueberry]

11. Thank you!

In my calendar in ink. Will watch every minute.

[wryter2000]

13. The morning ones

Will be at 7 on the west coast. I guess I'll set an alarm.

[liberalla]

15. This is a draft schedule? Subject to change? I want to request a few days off work.

[DeeNice]

20. The committee has not updated their website with any schedule yet. nt

[Grins]

16. At 8PM???

Never seen a meeting, government or private, start that late.

[Grins]

18. Fox's schedule that night

8PM - Fucker Carlson.
9PM - Insurrection-enabler, Hannity.
10PM - Soulless husk, Laura Ingraham.
11PM - Inflamed sphincter, Greg Gutfeld.

[liberalla]

21. It's 5pm for us out west! I wouldn't want an earlier start.

[dameatball]

17. I am looking forward to see what comes of this. My guess is that the media will play it straight at

first, but sooner or later the dreaded interviews with Republicans at a diner in the Dakotas will kick in.

[liberalla]

19. I wonder if NPR will carry some of it live... that would be good for me.

[Kid Berwyn]

22. "Broke the law" is putting it mildly.

“Betrayed the United States” is putting it precisely.

[Novara]

23. For sure CSPAN will have every minute of all of it

I am hoping they rerun the daytime hearings in prime time, like they did for Watergate.

I know this is a different world than when Watergate was happening and I know all of TV is now nothing but a bunch of corporate shills, but an attempted illegal takeover of American government is way more important than Watergate, in my mind, so they should be showing everything in prime time. I know that cable news will rerun all the pertinent stuff from the daytime hearings, but I really hope the daytime hearings are rerun in prime time.

Fuck, if I could have my way, all Americans would be forced to pay attention.

I prefer watching these types of political hearings on CSPAN because they don't talk over what's happening and they don't interject opinions and biases. It's straight, boring, non-biased coverage. I only wish CSPAN had a FireTV app.

IIRC, Youtube had the Ketanji Brown Jackson SCOTUS confirmation hearings on when no one else did, so maybe that's an option too.

[Novara]

24. From the article:

A select committee member will lead each of the hearings, the sources said, but top investigative lawyers who are intimately familiar with the material will primarily conduct the questioning of witnesses to keep testimony tightly on track.

As the witnesses – most of whom are being subpoenaed to appear at the hearings – give evidence that the panel believes will show how Trump and some allies violated the law, committee attorneys will simultaneously flash texts, photos and videos to illustrate the testimony, the sources said.

While the exact content and timings of the hearings are still subject to change, the sources said, the panel intends to lay out how the efforts to reverse Trump’s defeat crystallized over a critical 65-day period from the time he falsely declared he won the 2020 election until 6 January.

The select committee is expected, for instance, to run through how the Trump White House appeared to coordinate the illegal plan to send fake electors to Congress, the plot to seize voting machines, and the unlawful plan to delay the certification of Biden’s win.

The panel is also expected to chart the reactivation of the Stop the Steal movement by the Trump activist Ali Alexander and associates, and how he applied for a permit to protest near the Capitol on January 6 but never held the “Wild Protest” and instead went up the Capitol steps.

The select committee additionally intends to address the question of intent, such as why Trump deliberately misled the crowd that he would march with them to the Capitol, and why he resisted entreaties to call off the rioters from obstructing the joint session on January 6.

“The president’s rhetoric persuaded thousands of Americans to travel to Washington for January 6, some of whom marched on the Capitol, breached security, and took other illegal actions,” the panel said in a March court filing. “Hearings will address those issues in detail.”

Capping off the six hearings under the current schedule, the sources said, will be a close examination of video footage of the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys militia groups’ leaders meeting in a parking garage the day before the deadly riots, and their movements at the Capitol.

That final hearing is notable, the sources said, because the select committee is attempting to connect Trump’s political plan for January 6 and the militia groups’ violence at the Capitol in what could form evidence that Trump oversaw an unlawful conspiracy.

The video footage of the militia group leaders at a rendezvous the day before the Capitol attack that the select committee intends to review has also already been referenced in seditious conspiracy indictments, including against the Oath Keepers’ chief, Stewart Rhodes.

It's worth reading the whole article: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/may/23/capitol-attack-panel-public-hearings-trump

[MontanaMama]

27. Keep your arms and hands inside the ride

at all times!