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The Rachel Maddow Show

The January 6th Hearings: Final Public Meeting (12/19/22) full meeting

The Rachel Maddow Show

MSNBC

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4.534K Ratings

🗓️ 19 December 2022

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

The Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol holds its final public meeting after a series of hearings to share the findings of their investigation with the American public. This is the final meeting in its entirety.

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0:00.0

A quorum being present, the select committee to investigate the January 6 attack on a United

0:21.5

States Capitol will be in order. Without objection, the chairs authorized to declare the committee

0:28.6

and recess at any point. Pursuit to House Deposition Authority Regulation 10, the chair

0:36.0

announces the committee's approval to release the deposition material presented during

0:41.4

today's meeting. And further, it's approval to release deposition material that a

0:47.3

company's release of the select committee's final report. Good afternoon, and may God

0:54.3

bless the United States of America. To cast a vote in the United States is an act of faith

1:02.1

and hope. When we drop that ballot in the ballot box, we expect the people named on the

1:09.3

ballot are going to uphold their end of the deal. The winner swears and oath and upholds it.

1:18.0

Those who come up short ultimately accept the results and abide by the rule of law. That

1:25.2

faith in our system is the foundation of American democracy. If the faith is broken, so

1:33.1

you are democracy. Down front broke that faith. He lost the 2020 election and knew it.

1:41.9

He chose to try to stay in office through a multipart scheme to overturn the results

1:48.5

and block the transfer of power. In the end, he summoned the mob to Washington and knowingly

1:55.8

they were armed and angry, pointed them to the Capitol and told them to fight like hell.

2:04.3

There's no doubt about this. This afternoon, my colleagues will present our key findings

2:11.1

reminding you of some of the information we presented in earlier hearings and telling

2:17.1

you how it fits in our broader conclusions. Those conclusions have helped shape the

2:23.5

committee's final report, which will adopt today pursuant to House Resolution 503, which

2:31.1

establishes the select committee nearly a year and a half ago. I expect our final work

2:37.6

will be filed with the clerk of the House and made public later this week. Beyond that

2:43.8

release, the select committee intends to make public the bulk of its non-sensitive records

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