Morning Briefing: U.S. House Select Committee Holds Final Hearing
Morning Briefing: U.S. House Select Committee Holds Final Hearing
U.S. House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack is scheduled to hold a final hearing, and will 'will draw on all aspects of its more than yearlong probe.'
Morning Briefing: U.S. House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack is scheduled to hold the Committee’s final public hearing today at 1:00pm (EDT), the Committee’s “closing pitch to Americans will draw on all aspects of its more than yearlong probe.”
Stewart Rhodes, the founder of the Oath Keepers, and other leaders of the far right militia group, “were in contact with Secret Service officials multiple times in late 2020 and leading up to the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.”
Rhodes, during an interview on the far right conspiracy InfoWars podcast, “called into a right-wing show to criticize the government’s case and suggest listeners be ‘willing to go to jail’ for their beliefs.”
During the trail of five members of the Oath Keepers, a member of the group “who traveled with the group to Washington D.C. ahead of the Jan. 6 riot described a massive stockpile of firearms and other weaponry that allies had stashed in an Arlington, Virginia hotel.”
The attorney representing Oath Keeper Thomas Caldwell “suggested that Caldwell’s written communications to other Oath Keepers about his 'pre-strike rece (reconnaissance) missions’ were really about determining where the port-a-potties were near the Capitol in case the need arose on Jan. 6.”
Where to Watch the Select Committee Hearing Live:
Date: Thursday, October 13
Time: 1:00pm EDT
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)
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