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
Of staff, mark meadows, to speak with roger stone and general michael flynn that night. in addition to his connection to president trump. roger stone maintained extensive direct connections to two groups responsible for violently attacking the capitol. the oath keepers and the proud boys. individuals from both of these organizations have been charged with a crime of seditious conspiracy. what is seditious conspiracy? it is a conspiracy to use violent force against the united states. to oppose the lawful authority of the united states. multiple associates of roger stone from both the oh keepers and the proud boys have been charged with this crime. closest associates of roger stone including joshua james have pled guilty to this crime., we know that at least seven oath keepers who have been criminally charged provided
Personal security were seen with him on january six or in the weeks leading up to january 6th. for example, joshua james, the leader of the alabama eight keepers provided security for roger stone and it was with him on january 5th. this is the picture of the two together on january 5th. james entered the capital on january six, assaulted a police officer. earlier this year, he pled guilty to seditious conspiracy and obstruction of congress. another example is the married couple kelly and connie megs. kelly was the leader of the florida chapter of the oath keepers. both he and his wife provided security for roger stone and both are charged with leading a military style stack attack of oath keepers. attacking the capitol on