How to Think About the January 6 Hearings

Amanda Carpenter offers “a sample platter” of the stories the January 6 Committee has to nail down in their public hearings:

• Trump’s lies.
• How the GOP and its many aligned advocacy organizations fundraised off Trump’s meritless legal challenges to cancel Democratic votes.
• The efforts to squeeze state officials to “find the votes” in swing states Trump lost.
• The schemes inside the Department of Justice to launch sham investigations into voter fraud.
• The wild ideas entertained inside the White House to seize voting machines in order to “rerun” the election.
• The pressure campaign on Republican members of Congress and Vice President Mike Pence to deny Electoral College votes for Biden.
• How Trump summoned a real-life mob, bearing tactical gear and weapons, that resorted to physical violence to stop Congress from certifying Biden as president.

“It’s a lot. Give it time to sink in. And do not let the political junkies rush the process with their relentless questions about whether or not the hearings will ‘work’ in changing public opinion.”