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Today, Explained

The Capitol police speak

Today, Explained

Vox

Daily News, Politics, News

4.49.5K Ratings

🗓️ 28 July 2021

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Capitol police officers testified on Tuesday in the building they defended on January 6. Seamus Hughes, a former congressional investigator, explains whether their testimony will make a difference. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained. Support Today, Explained by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

It's today explained.

0:10.2

I'm Sean Ramos for him.

0:11.7

The last time we talked about January 6th on the show, a lot of Democrats wanted a full-on

0:17.3

9-11 style commission and a lot of Republicans did not.

0:22.2

So what we ended up with was a House Select Committee.

0:25.3

It's got a bunch of Democrats and two Republicans who are already being thrown under the

0:29.8

bus for cooperating across the island.

0:33.5

On Tuesday, this Select Committee had its first public hearing, the police officers who

0:39.5

put their lives on the line to defend American democracy finally had a chance to speak to

0:46.2

their country.

0:47.2

On today's show, we're going to listen to excerpts of what they had to say and figure

0:52.0

out whether it'll change anything.

0:54.1

You're unsurprisingly going to hear some strong language and descriptions of violence.

0:59.8

Protect the children.

1:01.7

Here we go.

1:03.7

It's an honor to have four of these heroes sitting before us today.

1:11.4

We welcome them for appearing here and more importantly for your heroism on January 6th.

1:18.4

Thank you very much, Chairman Thompson.

1:20.9

Thank you to all my colleagues on this committee and thank you to each of the witnesses appearing

1:26.5

before us today.

1:28.3

Every American I hope will be able to hear your testimony today and will watch the videos.

1:35.2

The videos show the unbelievable violence and the inexcusable and intolerable cruelty that

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