The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol holds its first hearing.
Watch a replay of the the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection. The panel released video, audio and a mass of evidence in its prime-time hearing.
Thursday's session reviewed the backstory as defeated President Donald Trump tried to overturn Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory. The panel warned that the deadly siege put U.S. democracy at risk.
Live testimony included a police officer who was pummeled in the riot and from a documentary filmmaker tracking extremist Proud Boys leading the melee. There was also recorded accounts of Trump’s aides and family members. The yearlong investigation was intended to stand as a public record for history.
