Trump’s missing hours on Jan. 6
Post Reports
The Washington Post
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🗓️ 22 July 2022
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
The House committee investigating Jan. 6 has wrapped up its first series of hearings. Today on “Post Reports,” a debrief on what we’ve learned about what happened behind-the-scenes that day, and what’s next for the committee.
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For over a month now, members of Congress have been calling witnesses and making the case that former president Donald Trump played a critical role in the attack on the Capitol.
On Thursday night, the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol held its last scheduled hearing this summer. But the committee is still interviewing potential new witnesses — and it’s not over till it’s over.
Marianna Sotomayor, a congressional reporter for The Post, hosts today’s show and guides us through a conversation with political investigations reporter Rosalind Helderman. They discuss the big reveals from Thursday night’s hearing, as well as the big questions on Americans’ minds: What should we take away from all this? And how will these hearings shape our understanding of the insurrection and Trump’s role on Jan. 6?
Also, take our quiz to test your knowledge on the Jan. 6 hearings.
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| 0:00.0 | This committee has shown you the testimony of dozens of Republican witnesses, those who |
| 0:08.1 | served President Trump loyally for years. |
| 0:11.5 | On Thursday night, the January 6th committee held another public hearing, and this might |
| 0:16.2 | be the last one for at least a while. |
| 0:19.2 | The case against Donald Trump in these hearings is not made by witnesses who were his political |
| 0:25.2 | enemies. |
| 0:26.7 | It is instead a series of confessions by Donald Trump's own appointees, his own friends, |
| 0:33.4 | his own campaign officials, people who worked for him for years and his own family. |
| 0:39.5 | They have come forward and they have told the American people the truth. |
| 0:43.9 | For more than a month, members of Congress have been calling witnesses and making the case |
| 0:48.4 | that former President Trump played a critical role in the attack on the Capitol. |
| 0:53.2 | We have heard some pretty significant revelations in these hearings, but I've been wondering, |
| 0:58.9 | what should we take away from all of this? |
| 1:01.1 | What spin-it-stake here and how will these hearing shape our understanding of January |
| 1:05.9 | 6th and of Trump going forward? |
| 1:08.9 | So today, we're going to hear from two people that I really trust to wade through these |
| 1:13.3 | complicated questions. |
| 1:15.2 | Roz Helderman and Mariana Sotomayor. |
| 1:18.0 | Roz is a political investigations reporter who we've turned to to explain all the dramas |
| 1:22.4 | of the Trump presidency. |
| 1:24.4 | And Mariana is a congressional reporter who's an expert on the personalities and leadership |
| 1:28.8 | on Capitol Hill. |
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