On capitol hill the January 6th Select Committee about to share striking never before seen testimony and evidence all with the Focus On Former President Trump and the central role the panel says he played in the attack on democracy. Welcome to cnns live coverage of the January 6th Hearings. Im anderson cooper. Im jake tapper. This is the final hearing. Committee members are promising to hammer home their urgent argument that donald j. Trump remains in their view a Clear And Present Danger to American Democracy as trump continues to push false claims about the 2020 election. Committee aides tell us the hearing today will zero in on trumps State Of Mind on and around january 6th. Were told well see and hear from Cabinet Officials, and other new witnesses who have recently been interviewed by the committee that could potentially include former Secretary Of State mike pompeo, former treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin and elaine chao. Some coming from the Secret Service. They have turned over
on capitol hill the january 6th select committee about to share striking never before seen testimony and evidence all with the focus on former president trump and the central role the panel says he played in the attack on democracy. welcome to cnn s live coverage of the january 6th hearings. i m anderson cooper. i m jake tapper. this is the final hearing. committee members are promising to hammer home their urgent argument that donald j. trump remains in their view a clear and present danger to american democracy as trump continues to push false claims about the 2020 election. committee aides tell us the hearing today will zero in on trump s state of mind on and around january 6th. we re told we ll see and hear from cabinet officials, and other new witnesses who have recently been interviewed by the committee that could potentially include former secretary of state mike pompeo, former treasury secretary steve mnuchin and elaine chao. some coming from the secret serv
insurrection. the select committee to investigate the january 6th attack on the united states capitol will be in order. without objection, the chair has authorized to declare the committee in races at any point. pursuant to house deposition authority deposition the chair announces the committees approval to announce the good afternoon. in our previous hearings, the select committee showed that then president trump applied pressure at every level of government. of local election workers, up to his own vice president. opened hoping public servants would give into that pressure and help him steal an election he actually lost. today, we will tell the story of how the pressure campaign also targeted the federal agency, charged with enforcement of our laws, the department of justice. we have already covered part of mr. trump s effort. we heard from attorney general bill barr, tell the story and the committee about the baseless claims mr. trump wanted the justice departm
new information that is both urgent and important. the panel has not revealed any details publicly, but cnn has confirmed through sources that cassidy hutchhutchinson, who wa top aide to white house chief of staff mark meadows will testify today live. hutchinson is considered to be one of the panel s most consequential witnesses due to her proximity to the white house chief of staff, mark meadows, before and on january 6. hutchinson has been interviewed by the select committee at least three times before behind closed doors. clips from those recorded interviews were played during previous hearings. we saw cassidy hutchinson testify on many different parts of then president trump s efforts to overturn the election. remember, this was not just about the mob that stormed the capitol on january 6, it was about various other trump schemes to undermine the democratic election. for example, hutchinson testified to the committee that mark meldadows and rudy giulian were involved in e
pursuant to house regulation ten, the chair announces the committee s approval to release deposition material presented during this hearing. good afternoon. in our hearings over the previous weeks, the select committee has laid out the details of a multi part pressure campaign driven by the former president aimed at overturning the results of the 2020 presidential election and blocking the transfer of power. we have shown that this effort was based on a lie, a lie that the election was stolen, candid by why spread throughout of donald trump s big lie. in the weeks ahead, the committee will hold additional hearings about how donald trump summoned a mob of his supporters to washington, spurred them to march on the capitol and failed to take meaningful action to quell the violence as it was unfolding on january six. however, in recent days, the select committee has been paying new information, dealing with what was going on in the white house on january six and in the days pri