Jane Mayer and Evan Osnos on the New January 6th Revelations
The Political Scene | The New Yorker
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🗓️ 10 June 2022
⏱️ 29 minutes
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For months, the House Select Committee on January 6th has examined Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election and cling to power. Roughly a thousand witnesses have been interviewed—including Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump. Tens of thousands of documents have also been reviewed, such as text messages from the former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows. The committee held its first public hearing last night and presented some of what it has learned. Representative Jamie Raskin had promised that the findings would “blow the roof off the House.” The New Yorker’s Washington correspondents Jane Mayer and Evan Osnos join guest host Susan Glasser to discuss the revelations.
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| 0:48.4 | Welcome to the political scene. I'm Susan Glassroom. |
| 0:52.1 | Over multiple months, Donald Trump oversaw and coordinated a sophisticated seven-part plan to overturn |
| 1:00.0 | the presidential election and prevent the transfer of presidential power. |
| 1:04.5 | Last night, we got a long-awaited first look at what the House Select Committee has learned |
| 1:09.2 | about the attack on the Capitol on January 6, |
| 1:12.2 | 2021. It was a gripping, focused, and we must say highly choreographed presentation in primetime, |
| 1:19.7 | with more than a few startling revelations about the final days of the Trump administration, |
| 1:24.8 | and especially about its catastrophic, violent ending, |
| 1:29.4 | unprecedented in American history. I'm joined now by two of my excellent Washington colleagues, |
| 1:35.4 | my good friends Jane Mayer and Evan Osnose, who were also watching last night. Hi, Jane. Hi, Evan. So glad to be |
| 1:42.4 | with you. Hi, Susan. Great to be here. All right. |
| 1:46.0 | Finally, the Washington Bureau gets his chance to hash it all out. You know, I have to say there's a lot |
| 1:53.0 | to hash out. We've been waiting a year and a half for this investigation. Jane, the investigative |
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