capitol hill. you are right there in washington where this is going down. good evening to you. the stakes were incredibly high for the first hearing. what did the select committee accomplish tonight? reporter: what the committee hoped to do was essentially create a road map for a thesis that they have that donald trump is principally responsible for a plot to subvert the will of the voters and stand in the way of the peaceful transfer of power. they didn t give us all the information, but they set the stage for what is going to be a seven-part argument toward that end. the way they introduced this argument was by hearing from some of the people closest to the former president, including his own daughter. take a listen. this is the president s daughter commenting on bill barr s statement that the department found in fraud sufficient to overturn the election. how did that affect your perspective about the election when attorney general barr made that statement? it affec
and so because there isn t a minority voice, they re going to do everything they can to downplay the work of the committee and say that it shouldn t be listened to by a good portion of the memorandum. i don t know. can you say there s not a minority voice? adam kinzinger and liz cheney are republicans. it s just not people who are going to tell you it s not raining outside when it is. reporter: you know, don, it s important to point out that just because liz cheney and adam kinzinger don t necessarily agree that it was okay for donald trump to pedal a big lie about the election results, that somehow doesn t make them conservative. their voting records will tell you a complete opposite story. liz cheney voted with donald trump on, i think, 80% of the time when he was president and she was a member of congress. it s this specific issue that they found to have a problem with, and again, it gets back to the idea, if you have a problem with what the committee is saying, make that argume