the select committee to investigate the january 6th attack on the united states capitol will be in order. without objection, the chair is authorized to declare the committee in recess pursuant the house deposition authority regulation ten, the chair announces the committee s approval to release the deposition material presented during today s hearing. good afternoon and may god bless the united states of america. four months ago, this committee started to present our findings to you, the american people. from the beginning, we understood that some people watching those proceedings would wrongly assume that the committee s investigation was a partisan exercise. that s why i asked those who are skeptical of our work to simply listen. to listen to the evidence, to hear the testimony with an open mind. and to let the facts speak for themselves before reaching a judgment. over the course of these hearings, the evidence has proven that there were a multi part plan led by former p
may contain scenes of violence and profanity. members have decided that it s in the public interest to show such scenes and we plan to broadcast the hearings without editing, in that same spirit of full public disclosure . so please be warned that some viewers may find some of the content offensive or distressing. as for what we can expect the panel of seven democrats and two republicans has said it plans to look into donald trump s mindset during his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. according to committee aides, this will include new video evidence from some witnesses that we ve already heard from, and some who have not yet been seen by the public. but we re told they ll be no live witnesses. the panel is expeced to release a final report, but its been vague about when that will be. almost certainly it will be after next months mid term elections, which will decide which party controls congress. 0ver the summer, several witnesses told the committee how donal
on capitol hill the january 6th select committee about to share striking never before seen testimony and evidence all with the focus on former president trump and the central role the panel says he played in the attack on democracy. welcome to cnn s live coverage of the january 6th hearings. i m anderson cooper. i m jake tapper. this is the final hearing. committee members are promising to hammer home their urgent argument that donald j. trump remains in their view a clear and present danger to american democracy as trump continues to push false claims about the 2020 election. committee aides tell us the hearing today will zero in on trump s state of mind on and around january 6th. we re told we ll see and hear from cabinet officials, and other new witnesses who have recently been interviewed by the committee that could potentially include former secretary of state mike pompeo, former treasury secretary steve mnuchin and elaine chao. some coming from the secret serv
midterms, with nearly 200 election denying republicans running for key positions across the nation. today we will see new surveillance footage from the trump rally on the ellipse and secret service documents proving how forcefully the former president tried to join the rioters at the capitol on the 6th. the committee will show new evidence he planned to declare victory even before the election was held and new testimony from top trump cabinet members that they tried to stop him afterwards from overturning the results. today s overriding theme, beyond donald trump, congress and the voters have to work to preserve democracy as we know it. keep in mind, this is the first time in nearly three months we will see the committee in action. you know the political reality. the house of representatives could be in republican control come january. while members have repeatedly said they don t see this as part partisan, there s still a political context here. ahead of a potential 2024 p
What was his personal and substantial role in the multi part plan to overturn the election? for those of you who watched our prior hearings, some of this evidence will look familiar. for those of you tuning in for the first time, we will summarize some of the most important facts and we urge you to go online and watch our hearing in full. there s one more difference about today pursuant to the notice circulated prior to today s proceedings. we convene today not as a hearing, but as a formal committee business meeting, so that in addition to presenting evidence, we can potentially hold a committed vote on further investigative action, based upon that evidence. before we get to that evidence, i recognize our distinguished vice chair, miss cheney of wyoming, for any opening statements she cares to offer. thank you very much, mister