Rep. Raskin: Jan. 6 Public Phase Will Hopefully Be Like Watergate Hearings

[L. Coyote]

Rep. Jamie Raskin: “We’re going to have hearings for the American people which I hope will seem somewhat like the Watergate hearings did in that they will be a daily occurrence so people can follow the unfolding narrative.”

[CrispyQ]

1. When? When the are the damned hearings?

If I were a dem strategist I would have advised starting the hearings the week after Jan 6. They're cutting it kind of close considering how demoralized the base is right now & how dangerously close to authoritarianism we are. People in my state start voting weeks before the election.

https://people.com/politics/jan-6-committee-public-hearings-wrap-investigation-before-midterm-elections/

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So far, the panel has interviewed more than 300 witnesses, issued more than 50 subpoenas, and collected more than 35,000 pages of documents for the investigation, according to the Post.

But the work continues for the committee, which is reportedly working on a tentative schedule that includes public hearings this winter and into spring, followed by the interim report in the summer and a full report coming out before the November midterm elections, which could flip the House and give a majority to Republicans who might want to shut down the investigation.

[L. Coyote]

3. This isn't timed for elections, it is being done right. Allow the process to work.

The hearing are not damned. Get a grip.

[CrispyQ]

6. This isn't Watergate. We don't have years. We have months. -nt

[L. Coyote]

8. We have years, and this will be going on for years.

Not to mention, the DoJ will take all the time they need and have to get it right, and some of the crimes have long statutes of limitations.

[magicguido]

2. Watergate Retro

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[NanceGreggs]

4. As I recently posted ...

... I was a 20-something apolitical new mom during the Watergate hearings.

But despite not watching or reading about them, knowing what was going on was inescapable. The hearings were THE topic of conversation at every party, every night-out at the local bars, every neighbourhood get-together, every bingo game, every bowling alley.

People can choose what news outlets to turn off - but they can't turn off the discussions they'll be hearing in the check-out line at the grocery store, or the comments they'll overhear at their favourite restaurant.

Those who want to steadfastly avoid hearing what they don't want to hear about TFG and his corrupt enablers ARE going to hear it, whether they like it or not.

[L. Coyote]

7. BINGO, the herd changes direction when evidence is brought to light.

I watched avidly, I was a political junkie in the '50s already. Mom had to wake me up if Kennedy won the nomination, I insisted.

The most interesting thing was how Republicans changed as the evidence emerged. I won't speculate on their sincerity, but they knew the wind was coming from a different direction and they changed course. We will see that happen again, but don't assume politicians will be sincere, they will be reacting to public opinion and trying to survive the coming storm.

[enough]

5. One big difference. During Watergate there were Republicans who were willing to

listen to evidence and follow the law.