Transcripts for CNN Attack on Democracy The January 6th Hear

hearing. thanks to everyone watching tonight, for sharing part of your evening to learn the facts and causes of events leading up to, and including, the violent attack on january 6th, 2021. our democracy, electoral system and country. i'm benny thompson, chairman of the january 6th 2021 committee, i was born, raised and still live in bolton, mississippi, town with a population of 521, midway between jackson and vicksburg mississippi and the mississippi river. i'm from a part of the country where people justify the actions of slavery, the ku klux klan and lynching. i'm reminded of that dark history as i hear voices today try and justify the actions of the insurrectionists on january

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