Radical Reports Resource Guide: How to Watch Tonight's January 6th Committee Hearing
Radical Reports Resource Guide: How to Watch Tonight's January 6th Committee Hearing
U.S. House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack is scheduled to hold a hearing in prime time—Here are some resources for following the hearing for readers of Radical Reports.
U.S. House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack is scheduled hold a hearing in prime time—Here are some resources for following the hearing for readers of Radical Reports:
Recommended Reading:
In Harvard study of Jan. 6 rioters, top motivation is clear: Trump [NBC News]
“Researchers at Harvard University who conducted the largest study yet of what motivated Jan. 6 rioters say the data is clear: The most common responses focused on former President Donald Trump and his lies about the election. The study, which was shared with NBC News ahead of its publication, logged and analyzed the motives of 417 Capitol rioters, all of whom have been charged in relation to Jan. 6. The motives were derived from 469 documents filed to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, including charging documents and sentencing memoranda.”
Read the Research: "President Trump is Calling Us to Fight:" What the Court Documents Reveal About the Motivations Behind January 6 and the Making of Networked Incitement
Jan. 6 Committee Plans to Humiliate MAGA Lawmakers Who Cowered During Capitol Attack [Rolling Stone]
“The bulk of the Thursday-night hearing is expected to focus on Trump’s actions during the insurrection, including whether he took any action to defuse the riot at a time when lawmakers were under attack. But using photos and footage to slap down MAGA lawmakers’ claims of a ‘tourist visit’ from ‘peaceful patriots’ is part of a broader effort to bring reality to bear on a fictitious, pro-Trump reimagining of Jan. 6. That mythology, peddled widely in conservative media, claims Trump and his allies planned a peaceful rally to highlight credible reports of systemic election fraud, exercising their First Amendment rights in an effort to protect democracy. In that warped telling, the peaceful demonstrations were hijacked by a small number of violent extremists with no connection to Trump or his team. And, as the lie goes, Democrats have since wildly overstated the violence as a political ploy.”
Tonight’s January 6 Hearing Will Show Donald Trump Lapping Up the Violence Like a Sociopathic Cat Lapping Milk [Vanity Fair]
In other evidence of presidential inaction, the committee is expected to hone in on Trump waiting until 4:17 p.m. to tell his supporters to leave—in a video address in which he told them, “We love you. You’re very special.” Later, he tweeted this historically crazy series of words, which, while included “go home,” make it extremely clear he was thrilled about what had just taken place and believed it was justified: “These are the things and events that happen when a sacred landslide election victory is so unceremoniously & viciously stripped away from great patriots who have been badly & unfairly treated for so long,” he wrote. “Go home with love & in peace. Remember this day forever!”
Where to Watch the Select Committee Hearing Live:
Date: Thursday, July 21, 2022
Time: 8:00pm EST
House Select Committee: YouTube Live Stream
PBS NewsHour: YouTube Live Stream
C-SPAN: YouTube Live Stream
Information on Select Committee Investigative Targets:
Insurrection Index (Public Wise)
January 6 Clearinghouse (Just Security)
Confronting the Capitol Insurrection (Lawfare Blog)
Information on Department of Justice Prosecutions:
Capitol Breach Cases (Department of Justice)
U.S. Capitol Violence (Federal Bureau of Investigation)
Capitol Hill Siege Tracker (Program on Extremism)
Radical Reports Twitter List:
Radical Right Researchers: More than 200 academics, journalists, and activists that research the Radical Right, extremism, and disinformation.
Radical Right Resources: Nearly 50 nonprofit organizations, research centers, and academic institutions that research the Radical Right.
January 6th: Organizations, institutions, and individuals investigating the January 6th Insurrection, and covering the U.S. House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack public hearings.
START Map:
The National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) network visualization map, which provides a network analysis of “the extremist connections of, and between, the January 6 Capitol riot defendants. The map presents 280 Capitol defendants with links to 46 extremist groups and movements, representing approximately 35 percent of all such defendants. These defendants form 745 dyadic relationships to the groups and to each other.”
Capitol Riot Map:
The Capitol Riot Insurrectionists Networks mapping project incorporates research and data from several sources, including from government agencies, research organizations, academics institutions, and crowdsourced projects.
