January 6 committee

Rep. Liz Cheney has stepped into the role played by Republican Sen. Howard Baker of Tennessee in the Watergate hearings, speaking for that portion of her party willing to hear the facts and make an independent judgment, Ron Elving writes.

The Jan. 6 committee has learned some lessons from previous televised hearings

Ron Elving

The most telling testimony against the Republican former president has come from Republicans he appointed or who supported him and voted for him (and, in some cases, say they would do so again).

Richard Donoghue, former acting deputy attorney general, testifies Thursday before the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack.

DOJ officials pushed back on Trump's baseless election fraud claims

Ximena Bustillo

About a week before the Jan. 6 attack, there was an "escalation" of then-President Donald Trump's demands about election fraud allegations, a former acting deputy attorney general testified.

A video displays a discussion about presidential pardons on Thursday during the fifth hearing by the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Republican lawmakers asked the White House for pardons before and after Jan. 6

Ximena Bustillo

Various Republican House members requested pardons from President Donald Trump in the final days of his administration, according to testimony presented before the Jan. 6 committee.

Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson (C) presides over the fifth hearing by the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the Capitol on Thursday.

Here's every word from the fifth Jan. 6 committee hearing on its investigation

Read the full transcript from the June 23 hearing from the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.

From left, Steven Engel, former assistant attorney general for the Office of Legal Counsel, Jeffrey Rosen, former acting attorney general, and Richard Donoghue, former acting deputy attorney General, testify before the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol on Thursday.

'Just say it was corrupt' and 3 other takeaways from Thursday's Jan. 6 hearing

Domenico Montanaro

Former Justice Department officials described the relentless pressure Trump put on them to find evidence of voter fraud when it didn't exist and a tense showdown in the Oval Office.

An illlustration of a meeting at the Oval Office of the White House appears onscreen during a hearing by the House select committee to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol attack in Washington on Thursday.

Former DOJ officials detail threatening to resign en masse in meeting with Trump

Barbara Sprunt

Witnesses in today's hearing revealed details of a dramatic Oval Office meeting on Jan. 3, 2021.

Jan. 6 hearing updates: On Thursday, the panel looks at the pressure Trump put on DOJ to overturn the election

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The hearing will focus on the pressure former President Donald Trump put on the Justice Department to help him to overturn the 2020 election.

The House Select Committee has used TV news techniques and documentary evidence to argue that then President Donald Trump knowingly pressured public officials to commit illegal acts. In this case, the panel displayed a transcript of his call to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger as it played excerpts of the audio.

Jan. 6 hearings use TV tricks to great effect even as critics call them show biz

David Folkenflik

It's an extraordinary show of discipline for a congressional committee, with a minimum of showboating, yielding hearings that resemble Dateline NBC or investigative podcasts.

Video showing an interview of former acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen is played during a hearing by the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol in the Cannon House Office Building on June 13, 2022, in Washington, D.C.

Who you'll hear from and what to expect in today's Jan. 6 House committee hearing

Deepa Shivaram

In its fifth hearing, the select committee investigating the insurrection will outline Trump's pressure on Department of Justice officials to overturn the 2020 election in his favor.

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Upcoming NPR Special Coverage of the January 6 committee investigations

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The House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol is expected to hold at least six public hearings. The committee has interviewed hundreds of witnesses and collected tens of thousands of pages of documents as part of its investigation into the deadly attack. WRVO Public Media will have on-air and online NPR Special Coverage on the following date: Thursday, June 23 at 3 p.m. EST.