The Aftermath- Episode 6: Going Dark

Lawfare Presents: The Aftermath

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Trump, News & Politics, January 6, Politics, Lawfare, Insurrection

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🗓️ 16 June 2023

⏱️ 94 minutes

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Summary

The season finale delves into what was going on behind the scenes in the Jan. 6 committee’s investigation in the months between its first public hearing to its second, almost a year later. To many, the Jan. 6 committee’s public silence seemed to indicate that it simply wasn’t doing anything. The records trickling out of the court system, however, told a much different story. Episode 6 details the committee’s legal battles over subpoena compliance, executive privilege, contempt, investigating fellow members of Congress, and more. It was these battles that provided glimpses into the committee’s efforts to build a case against the former president to prove that Trump and his allies did, in fact, attempt to shatter the foundation of American democracy.

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0:00.0	This episode contains racial epithets.
0:03.9	Listener discretion is advised.
0:10.9	It's July 27, 2021.
0:14.1	The House Select Committee to investigate January 6
0:17.1	is about to hold its first hearing.
0:19.7	It's been only a few days since the committee's final member,
0:23.2	Republican Adam Kinzinger, Avilinoi, joined.
0:27.2	But it's been more than seven months
0:29.2	since members of Congress and the public
0:31.6	began pushing for congressional investigation
0:34.3	of the attack and its lead-up.
0:38.2	As its first witness is,
0:40.0	the committee has invited four law enforcement officers
0:43.2	who defended the Capitol on January 6
0:45.6	to tell their stories.
0:47.6	Chairman Benny Thompson explains why in his opening remarks.
0:52.5	If not for the heroism of the United States Capitol Police
0:56.8	and the Metropolitan Police Department,
0:59.4	many more lives might have been lost.
1:02.0	And the rioters could have accomplished
1:04.6	what they set out to do up in American democracy.
1:09.2	I can't overstate what was on the land, our democracy.
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