January 6th Committee’s Primetime Hearing: Chairman To Tell Viewers, “Our Democracy Remains In Danger”
deadline.comThe chairman of the January 6th Committee, getting its first primetime moment, plans to start the hearing by warning that “our democracy remains in danger.”“We can’t sweep what happened under the rug,” Rep.
Bennie Thompson (D-MS), plans to say. “The American people deserve answers.”Addressing his remarks to the viewing audience, Thompson will say that the hearing, the first of six planned over the next few weeks, will “remind you of the reality of what happened that day.
But our work must do much more that just look backwards. Because our democracy remains in danger. The conspiracy to thwart the will of the people is not over.”Thursday’s event may be less important for the potential bombshells and more as a way to garner the public’s attention again, with the benefit of a high profile time slot and coverage across broadcast and cable news networks, save for Fox News Channel, which has diverted live coverage to their business network.
Unlike other committee hearings, which have typically deferred to lawmaker seniority, this hearing was expected to be a greater mix of video segments and witness testimony, with former ABC News president James Goldston enlisted to assist in the presentation.Some 100 members of the media were credentialed to cover the hearing in person in the Cannon Caucus Room, a stately, chandeliered venue that, according to House history, was the site of the House Un-American Activities hearings.
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