The House committee’s investigation into the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol will go public with its findings Thursday, Jan. 9. The first day will be live streamed on DirecTV Stream and also live streamed on fuboTV. Both offer free trials.
The hearing will reconstruct events leading up to the 2021 riot, including then-President Donald Trump’s refusal to concede the 2020 election based on claims of voter fraud and the effort to overturn Joe Biden’s victory.
The series of hearings that will take place over the next several weeks begin with a prime-time session Thursday night in which the nine-member panel plans to give an overview of its 11-month investigation. More than 1,000 people have been interviewed by the panel, and only snippets of that testimony have been revealed to the public, mostly through court filings.
British filmmaker Nick Quested, who recorded members of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group as they stormed the building, and Caroline Edwards, a US Capitol Police officer who was seriously injured in the attack, will be among the witnesses.
The public hearing, unlike other committee hearings, will be a mixture of traditional testimony as well as a multimedia presentation.
When are the Jan. 6 hearings?
The first of six hearings is set to go live at 7 pm (8 pm EDT) on Thursday, June 9. It will take place in a large House office building in the US Capitol complex.
Will it be live streamed?
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The hearings will also be live streamed on fuboTV, which offers a free trial. The most basic of plans is the “fubo standard” package, which comprises 121-plus channels for $69.99 per month. Like all cord-cutting alternatives, there are plenty of options, especially for sports. It comes with more than 1,000 hours of cloud-based DVR, and up to 10 screens at once.
Will it be televised?
The June 6 hearings will air on several networks.
CNN’s coverage will begin at 6 pm (7 pm EDT), anchored by Jake Tapper and Anderson Cooper, and summarized with post-hearing analysis and further reporting anchored by Don Lemon starting at 10 pm (11 pm EDT).
On MSNBC, Rachel Maddow, Nicolle Wallace and Joy Reid are in charge of coverage that begins at 6 pm (7 pm EDT) and will continue after the hearings with a special edition of “The 11th Hour” with Stephanie Ruhle.
The broadcast networks are giving their nightly news anchors the prime position, with David Muir anchoring for ABC, Lester Holt for NBC and Norah O’Donnell for CBS, each starting at or close to 7 pm (8 pm EDT).
Fox News won’t pre-empt its prime-time coverage.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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George is Digismak’s reported cum editor with 13 years of experience in Journalism