Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast, and we are doing something different today.

As the House Select Committee investigating the January 6th insurrection concludes its

public hearings for the summer, we examine its work and what it revealed.

I'm Tamara Keith, and this is an NPR Politics Podcast special.

We'll explore the role then President Trump played in what happened.

President Trump summoned the mob, assembled the mob, and lit the flame of this attack.

How Trump's inner circle pressured the Department of Justice to overturn election results.

Somebody should be put in charge of the Justice Department who isn't frightened of what's

going to be done to their reputation.

The House Select Committee looking into the January 6th insurrection held eight hearings

this summer.

Over the next hour, we'll distill the testimony and evidence they presented and examine what

might come next for former President Trump, his allies, and for American democracy.

Before these hearings began, many people thought they knew what happened on January 6th.

After all, we covered it all live on the radio as it happened.

There are hundreds and hundreds of people streaming up the Capitol, also potentially,

have onto the grounds earlier they knocked down a small fence to come onto the ground.

This was restricted area but no longer.

But the hearings have exposed more detail about what happened that day.

We're going to stand up for the good of our Constitution and for the good of our country.

And if you're not, I'm going to be very disappointed in you.

I will tell you right now.

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