January 6 Committee Holds Prime-Time Opening Hearing

The House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack held its first public hearing in prime time, presenting never-before-seen video footage of the Capitol violence and testimony from Capitol Police Officer Caroline Edwards and documentary filmmaker Nick Quested. The hearing revealed that Trump knew the crowd was armed but urged them to march to the Capitol anyway, telling Secret Service to remove magnetometers. Over 20 million viewers watched the broadcast.