Jan 6 Hearing â Day 2 â Continues.
Jan 6 Hearing â Day 2 at 10:45 Eastern (LIVE)
While we wait for the hearing to start…
There are some good questions and two good articles linked below the live feeds.
10 am Eastern Time Monday, June 13 https://t.co/1qn85lGMSF
— Cheryl Rofer (@CherylRofer) June 12, 2022
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10 am Eastern Time Monday, June 13 https://t.co/1qn85lGMSF
— Cheryl Rofer (@CherylRofer) June 12, 2022
While we wait…
Jennifer Rubin has 7 questions she wants the Jan. 6 committee to answer at its upcoming hearings.
To say that the Jan. 6 committeeâs Thursday hearing was the most compelling in congressional history would be to damn with faint praise. Certainly, the admonition from Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) to her Republican colleagues that âthere will come a day when Donald Trump is gone, but your dishonor will remainâ will compare favorably to Joseph Welchâs famous remark levied against Joseph McCarthy (âHave you no sense of decency?â)
But above all, the hearings are about facts. And I canât wait to hear more of those on at least seven topics during the committeeâs second session on Monday.
Who were those members of Congress pleading for pardons from Donald Trump, and what conduct did they think would lead to prosecution?
When aides repeatedly told President Donald Trump that there was no basis for overturning the election and no legal way for his vice president to keep him in power, what did Trump say?
What was Vice President Mike Pence doing? C
How did Trumpâs statements and tweets to his supporters promote violence?
Why did no one go public or alert the FBI?
If virtually everyone else in the White House knew there was no fraud or basis for overturning the election, how did John Eastmanâs scheme for a ânonviolent coupâ get to Trump and spark this whole series of events?
Perhaps the most intriguing question: If White House chief of staff Mark Meadows knew claims of fraud were bogus (âno there there,â as he put it), what was he doing as the plot built momentum?
And here are six questions the committee expects to answer about Jan. 6.
How much responsibility for the violence falls on Trump?
How did Trump and his allies use the levers of government to try to keep him in power?
How did so many people come to believe â and act on â Trumpâs lies about the election?
What is the connection between officialsâ actions and ordinary peopleâs violence on Jan. 6?
How was the Capitol so vulnerable to attack?
What should be done to prevent similar attacks on democracy?
Both articles flesh out their questions. Â Full articles at the link.
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Primer on the Hearings of the January 6th Select Committee
RedDirtGirl sent me this great primer from Just Security. Â Here’s the introduction:
Nearly 11 months into its inquiry, the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol already represents among the most complex and sprawling investigations in congressional history. In light of the volume and complexity of information, this resource is intended to organize and distill key prongs of the multifaceted campaign to overturn the 2020 election. Particularly in advance of this monthâs public hearings, it also highlights key facts and findings that are already known, as well as important unanswered questions.
The resource is structured around the key prongs of the investigation itself â how the Select Committee has organized its investigative work â which mirror the key prongs of the campaign to overturn the election. The Committeeâs investigative teams are color-coded in name (Gold, Blue, Purple, Red, and Green); this primer has in turn highlighted key facts and findings according to that same organizational structure.
Critically, âJanuary 6thâ has, like âWatergate,â become a useful shorthand. But as with Watergate, January 6th represents neither a single nor isolated event, but instead a much broader and more multifaceted effort to stop the transfer of power. We hope this resource is useful in distilling those components and what we critically know â and donât yet know â about each. This resource was produced as a collaboration between Just Security and Protect Democracy
For each team, they break it into two parts:
– What We Know
– What to Look For
Gold Team
Efforts by Trump and close associates to pressure federal, state, and local officials to overturn the election.
Blue Team
Law enforcement and intelligence agency failures.
Purple Team
Domestic extremist groups, QAnon, and online misinformation.
Red Team
Jan. 6 Rally planners and the Stop the Steal Movement.
Green Team
Following the money behind efforts to overturn the election.
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Comic Relief Open Thread: The NYTimes Would Like You to Know That Jared Kushner Had Nothing to Do With Anything That Might’ve Happened On January 6th
Recorded testimony from Ivanka and Jared is expected to be prominently featured during Thursday's January 6 hearing. https://t.co/c7jT1cB0BC
— VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) June 7, 2022
The ever-readable Bess Levin, Tuesday night:
… One way the [Jan. 6] committee is apparently hoping to get viewers to tune in? By casting Princess Purses and the Boy Prince of New Jersey, AKA Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, in starring roles…
While thereâs little reason to believe Ivanka or Jared would have given the committee the kind of evidence that, for example, would lead to her father going to prison, it seems notable that the couple didnât completely stonewall the investigative body, as Trumps tend to do. Incidentally, the duo also famously had a habit, working in the administration, of literally fleeing the scene any time there was blowback over Trump doing something particularly terrible, even for him, in the patently obvious hope people would forget they had anything to do with the guy. So it doesnât seem beyond the realm of possibility that theyâd tell the committee something that might hurt Trump if it made the two of them look better…
The ever-dependable NYTimes, Wednesday morning:
âOne of the most striking realizations was how many people around Mr. Trump did not believe the election had been stolen but kept quiet or checked out, including White House officials and campaign aides.â
Thus Trump doth make cowards of them all. https://t.co/NWxrhKkYaE
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) June 8, 2022
Poor kid wasn’t even in the same state when the Unpleasantness happens! How can you possibly blame him when dozens of other people might’ve been immediate witnesses?
The Insurrection Hearings: Coming Soon To A Blog Near You (Open Thread)
I am sure that Balloon Juice posts on the Jan 6 insurrection hearings will be coming fast and furious as we all put them up in the coming days.
I have commandeered the blue rectangle at the far right in the category bar for this occasion, so look for JAN 6: HEARINGS in the blue box that the balloon man stands on in the banner.
Mobile peeps â I have added JAN 6: HEARINGS as the top item in the mobile menu.
Open thread.
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