Panel members worked to lay out a devastating case as they tried to tell the story of how a riot unfolded at the Capitol as Congress certified election results.
Audiences watching the first public hearing of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot saw one injured officer who slipped in blood and spoke of"carnage."
"We can't sweep what happened under the rug," said Rep. Bennie Thompson, the chairman of the panel, as he opened the hearing."The American people deserve answers." "The attack on our Capitol was not a spontaneous riot," said Cheney, one of two Republicans on the nine-member panel. Using security footage, police body cameras, video from those who broke in and audio from the police scanner, the video showed rioters using flagpoles, tactical equipment and other weapons to hit officers as they overwhelmed them and broke inside. Some of the body camera footage was from the ground looking up, as officers watched their attackers beat them.
Caroline Edwards, a Capitol Police officer, testified in graphic terms about the bloody scene outside the Capitol that day and the traumatic brain injury she suffered when members of the Proud Boys and others pushed her to the ground as they led the mob into the Capitol. Eneter the Proud Boys Capitol Riot Investigation British filmmaker Nick Quested testifies as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol holds its first pub…
Made for television The committee took the unusual step of launching the hearings with a prime time show — aimed to gather as many viewers as possible.
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