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sir? those famous lines ordered by the lawyer, joseph wells, on june 9th, 1954, effectively marked the end of mccarthy-ism, and the investigations that wisconsin senator joseph mccarthy was conducting as chair of the senate permit cup subcommittee on investigations, created initially to investigate government fraud and waste, but he quickly turned into a political pet project to investigate what mccarthy claimed was communist infiltration at all levels of the government. the origins of the mccarthy investigation could be traced back to the post world war i overmine committee, a subcommittee of the senate judiciary committee, and to the house special committee to investigate communist activities in the united states, aka, the fish committee, formed and chaired by new york representative hamilton fish. the fish committee walked into the famous house on american activities committee, formed in 1938, and chaired by texas representative merchandise. much like mccarthy, 12 years later, on
break. i printed mine at home. but it is a historic day, which is why presidential historian will be joining us this hour. and we will begin tonight, just picking up the legal case of where you left it for us with andrew weissmann mary mccord and harvard law professor laurence they will take a look at these referrals and tell us in the most detailed, legal way, what to expect next. excellent. can t wait. thanks, lawrence. thanks, rachel. today, the january six committee took its place in history as presenting one of the most, if not the most, important set of hearings in congressional history. the television age has delivered all of the most dramatic an important hearings in congressional history, beginning with the mccarthy hearing some of the 1950s in which the republican senate chairman joseph mccarthy s align crusade was undone by attorney joseph wells as simple question. have you no sense of decency,