Democracy on Trial, Part Four: Inside the White House on Jan. 6

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🗓️ 1 March 2024

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Summary

FRONTLINE investigates the roots of the federal criminal case against former President Donald Trump stemming from his 2020 election loss in a special audio version of the new documentary Democracy on Trial.

In this final installment, the Jan. 6 Select Committee examines what happened inside the White House on Jan. 6, 2021. What was former President Donald Trump doing for 187 minutes during the violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, when some in the crowd were chanting, “Hang Mike Pence”? What did Cassidy Hutchinson, a former top aide to then-President Donald Trump’s Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, testify that she witnessed that day? Plus: As a potential criminal trial looms, how will it differ from the Jan. 6 Select Committee’s hearings? And what are the trial’s implications for democracy?

Watch Democracy on Trial in full on FRONTLINE’s website, YouTube or the PBS App.

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0:00.0	The president's intent was to stay in power at all costs.
0:06.0	This election was stolen.
0:08.0	I'm not going to break it. I'm not putting on no stinking circus.
0:11.0	They put their faith in Donald Trump and he deceived them.
0:13.6	The select committee laid the path down for the Department of Justice.
0:17.0	Donald Trump is going to be the defendant and the candidate.
0:20.0	It's hard to imagine how it's going to play out.
0:23.2	I'm Rainierrinson Roth, editor-in-chief,
0:25.4	and executive producer Frontline.
0:27.8	Today we're bringing you the final installment
0:30.6	of Democracy on Trial.
0:51.0	The Frontline Dispatch is made possible by the Abrams Foundation committed to excellence in journalism and by the Frontline Journalism Fund with major support from John and Joanne Hagler. Support for Frontline Dispatch comes from the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center,
0:54.8	dedicated to providing compassionate care and cancer specialists who are experienced in the cancer you have.
0:59.7	When you hear the word cancer, their team is ready.
1:02.4	Learn more at mass general.org
1:04.8	slash cancer.
1:07.0	Chapter heading, the Insider.
1:16.0	There's a lot of anticipation for today's hearings. The committee says it will present newly obtained evidence and testimony.
1:20.0	In the midst of the January 6th committee's hearings, a dramatic moment. in the A surprise witness. During the Watergate hearings, there was only one surprise witness.
1:35.0	It was Alexander Butterfield.
1:37.0	Well, in the January 6 hearings, the surprise witness is Cassidy Hutchinson.
1:42.0	Cassidy Hutchinson, a 25 year old White House staffer.
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