insurrection findings. the outline out showing never before seen video showing they are expected to go into greater detail to explain how the big lie that the 2020 election was stolen led to the january 6th riot on capitol hill here s the rundown. the committee will reconvene about 24 hours from now at 10 am eastern, to talk about the origins of the big lie. then on wednesday, they will describe the turmoil within the justice department, for the weeks following the 2020 election. and on thursday, the panel spotlight donald trump s efforts to pressure mike pence to reject certain states electoral votes. among the witnesses who are expected to testimony testify at these hearings, the former acting attorney general who was put in charge of the justice department after bill barr left his post in the late december 2020. also expected to testify is greg jacobs, former vice president that pence s top lawyer, who advised him that he did not have the authority to reject the electora
the committee is also expected to take a deeper drive dive into the lies that led to supporters violently storming the capitol. we are by the president of the united states! he personally asked for us to come to d.c. that day. and i thought, for everything he is done for us, the only thing that he is asking me is it is hard to know right now just how much east trumpy detail we heard on thursday moved the needle among the 20 million americans who tuned in, according to nielsen s rating data. whether it was learning that former attorney general bill barr thought that trump s elections were quote, bs, or whether ivanka trump agreed. or that trump reportedly told his staff that vice president, quote, deserve to be assassinated. or even the never before seen footage of just how violent trump s riders were. the full impact of the hearings has gets to play itself out. still. congresswoman liz cheney had a stark warning for recalcitrant republican politicians who continue
good morning. welcome to the sunday show. i am jonathan capehart. the sunday we begin with a nation in suspense. we are just 24 hours away from day two of the blockbuster january six committee hearings. with lawmakers like committee vice chair liz cheney, promising evidence for former president trump knowing all along the big lie was just that. a lie. you will see that donald trump and his advisor knew that he had in fact lost the election. but despite this, president trump engaged in a massive effort to spread false and fraudulent information. to convince huge portions of the u.s. population that fraud had stolen the election from him. this was not true.