The January 6th committee is about to reveal its findings

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The January 6th committee is about to reveal its findings
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Congressional hearings have provided some of the great dramas of American politics. The first public hearing on the Capitol riots, airing at prime time on June 9th, promises to be quite a show

provided some of the great dramas of American politics. A Senate probe in 1923 into the corrupt sale of oil leases at Teapot Dome, Wyoming, sullied the reputation of President Warren Harding and was considered “the greatest and most sensational scandal”. Then the Watergate hearings, in 1973, raised the bar. Tens of millions of people tuned in to watch live broadcasts of Richard Nixon’s slow-drip demise.

As with the Watergate hearings, the committee’s investigation is much broader than the incident—an attack on the Capitol by 2,500 of Donald Trump’s supporters—it was named after.

“The hearings will tell a story that will really blow the roof off the House,” predicted one of the committee’s members, Jamie Raskin. “People must watch, and they must understand how easily our democratic system can unravel if we don’t defend it,” enjoined its Republican vice-chairwoman, Liz Cheney, on June 5th.

Yet the fact that Ms Cheney’s injunction needs underlining, when so much about Mr Trump’s subversion is already known, points to another huge difference between this hearing and previous ones. The campaign to overthrow the election was publicised in detail at the time. Audio tape of the former president pushing Georgia’s secretary of state to help him “find 11,780 votes” was leaked the following day. Planning for the Capitol riot was reported weeks before it took place.

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