U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin says evidence collected by the Jan. 6 committee during its five weeks of public hearings will prove “devastating” to efforts by former President Donald Trump’s supporters to minimize the seriousness of the Capitol attack.
“I think the cumulative effect of this will be devastating for those who wanted to try to dismiss the meaning of Jan. 6 and sweep it under the rug,” the Maryland Democrat told The Baltimore Sun on Sunday night as he prepared for Tuesday’s U.S. House select committee hearing.
There has been debate in media and political circles over whether the hearings are reaching most Americans. Tuesday afternoon’s session, to be led in part by Raskin, will be the committee’s seventh and will focus on extremist groups’ involvement in the Jan. 6, 2021, storming of the Capitol by Trump backers determined to reverse the results of the 2020 presidential election.
