This post and comment thread are dedicated to the House January 6 Committee hearings scheduled to begin Thursday, July 21 at 8:00 p.m. ET.
** Please take all comments unrelated to the hearings to a different thread. **
The hearings will stream on:
House J6 Committee’s website: https://january6th.house.gov/news/watch-live
House J6 Committee’s YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/c/January6thCmte/videos
C-SPAN’s House J6 hearing page: https://www.c-span.org/video/?521771-1/eighth-hearing-investigation-capitol-attack
C-SPAN’s YouTube page: https://youtu.be/DLKCGEHHfh4
Check PBS for your local affiliate’s stream: https://www.pbs.org/ (see upper right corner)
PBS Newshour stream: https://youtu.be/48HH4LVn07g
Twitter is expected to carry multiple live streams (NBC, PBS, Washington Post, Reuters, CSPAN, Bloomberg): https://twitter.com/i/events/1548853208365146113
Broadcast and cable network coverage TBD, check your local broadcast affiliate or cable provider’s lineup.
Twitter accounts live tweeting the hearing:
Brandi Buchman-DailyKos: https://twitter.com/Brandi_Buchman/status/1550257762159890432
Scott MacFarlane-CBS: hhttps://twitter.com/MacFarlaneNews/status/1550268133159702528
Laura Rozen: https://twitter.com/lrozen/status/1550270101336821761
Tom LoBianco-Yahoo News: https://twitter.com/tomlobianco/status/1550270905150017541
Steve Herman-VOANews: https://twitter.com/W7VOA/status/1550270522813997056
If you know of any other credible source tweeting the coverage, please share a link in comments.
The topic of the hearing is Trump’s dereliction of duty on January 6, 2021.
The witnesses scheduled for this hearing are:
- Former Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Matthews
- Former Deputy National Security Adviser Matthew Pottinger
There may be other witnesses; some may be present only as video clips.
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Any updates will appear at the bottom of this post; please bear with any content burps as this page may be edited as the hearing progresses.
Again, this post is dedicated to the House January 6 Committee and topics addressed in testimony and evidence produced during the hearing.
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