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The Journal.

The Man in the Middle of the Fight Over Jan. 6

The Journal.

The Wall Street Journal

Business News, Daily News, News

4.25.8K Ratings

🗓️ 21 December 2021

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Lawmakers investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol believe former chief of staff Mark Meadows holds critical knowledge about how the Trump administration responded that day. But Meadows, like several other former Trump allies, refuses to testify. WSJ's Siobhan Hughes explains why lawmakers want to talk to him. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

It's been nearly a year since thousands of supporters of then-president Donald Trump

0:09.8

stormed the Capitol building in Washington, DC.

0:10.5

Hey brother, where boots on the ground here?

0:12.5

We're moving on to Capitol now.

0:13.5

I'll give you a boot on.

0:14.5

Since then, more than 700 individuals have been charged by the Justice Department for participating in the attack.

0:31.5

But many of the lawmakers who were trapped in the Capitol that day have more questions.

0:36.5

The country's never really had a full accounting of what happened.

0:40.5

Nor outside of the rioters themselves has anybody really been held accountable.

0:47.5

In July, Congress formed a select committee in the House to investigate January 6th.

0:53.5

Our colleague Shivon Hughes has been covering it.

0:56.5

So far, it has interviewed more than 300 people as we speak right now, and the majority of them have come in and spoken on a voluntary basis.

1:05.5

It's received reams of documents of the 300 people it's issued more than 50 subpoenas.

1:13.5

A lot of them to former White House officials or to pro-Trump organizers, and it's heard from most of those people too.

1:20.5

And there's one man in particular that the committee has said it's sights on.

1:24.5

Trump's former Chief of Staff, Mark Meadows.

1:27.5

Well hello, deporables!

1:30.5

Man, I love you guys!

1:35.5

As Chief of Staff, Mark Meadows held a critical position leading up to and during January 6th,

1:42.5

which is why investigators believe that he is uniquely situated to understand what was happening behind the scenes.

1:51.5

Welcome to the journal, our show about money, business, and power.

1:55.5

I'm Ryan Knutson, it's Tuesday, December 21st.

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