It’s been a year and a half since a frenzied mob of seditionists, animated by an infusion of blustery fascism, stormed the halls of Congress promising death to a slate of perceived “enemy” lawmakers while seeking to overturn Joe Biden’s electoral victory. In the time since then, the public (at least, the part paying attention) has learned a tremendous amount about the events preceding, during, and following the Jan. 6 insurrection — particularly the inarguable role Donald Trump and his cadre of enablers played in fomenting the worst eruption of organized violence in the United States Capitol Building since the War of 1812.
On Thursday, the House’s bipartisan Select Committee tasked with investigating the insurrection will hold its first public hearing in nearly a year — and its first prime-time event ever — in what it claims will “provide the American people an initial summary of its findings about the coordinated, multi-step effort to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and prevent the transfer of power.”
