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
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
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