Pre-Hearing Analysis with Andrea Mitchell, Katy Tur, and Hallie Jackson (Hearing #7, 7/12/22)

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🗓️ 12 July 2022

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Andrea Mitchell, Katy Tur, and Hallie Jackson along with a range of expert guests preview the seventh in a series of public hearings by the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol to share the findings of their investigation.

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0:00.0	Good day everyone, this is Andrea Mitchell in Washington, joined by Halle Jackson and Katie
0:18.5	Turin, New York.
0:19.9	As we get ready for what could be another explosive day of testimony during the January 6th
0:24.3	Committee's 7th public hearing.
0:26.3	Today the focus will shift from former President Trump's relentless push to get state
0:30.9	governments to overturn the election.
0:33.4	And the Justice Department to intervene to the coordinated efforts by far right extremist
0:38.4	militia groups to overtake the Capitol and stop the electoral count on January 6th.
0:43.7	And whether they were inspired by Mr. Trump's call to action in a December 19th tweet.
0:48.1	That's right.
0:49.1	So let's talk about some of the big moments to watch for in today's hearing and there
0:52.2	was a couple of them, right?
0:53.2	First you got live testimony from a former top spokesperson for the Oath Keepers on just
0:57.7	how these militia groups actually radicalize members to the point of doing what we saw
1:02.6	on January 6th.
1:03.8	These violent actions.
1:04.8	You'll also hear from Stephen Erick, a convicted Capitol writer who was directly influenced
1:08.6	by former President Trump's tweet to travel to Washington for a day he said would be wild.
1:14.2	And there is immense pressure on the committee today and what could be a put up or shut up moment
1:19.2	to prove to the nation that there is a direct link between President Donald Trump, former
1:24.0	President Donald Trump and those extremists responsible for the chaos at the Capitol.
1:29.8	There is also a lot of expectation on new video clips of former Trump White House counsel
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