The House Jan. 6 committee volition clasp its ninth nationalist hearing contiguous astatine 1 p.m. ET. It's the archetypal proceeding since July and is expected to analyse former President Donald Trump's cardinal relation successful efforts to subvert the 2020 election and his ongoing menace to democracy. Committee members person suggested it whitethorn beryllium the last hearing earlier it presents its afloat investigative report.
Our contributors contiguous are The ReidOut Blog writer Ja'han Jones; MSNBC Daily writer and exertion Hayes Brown; MSNBC Daily columnists Jessica Levinson and Noah Rothman; and ineligible expert for "The Rachel Maddow Show" Lisa Rubin.
Read the biggest takeaways from the erstwhile hearings: Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, Day 5, Day 6, Day 7 and Day 8.
In ‘Meet the Press’ appearance, Kinzinger gave a sneak peek
In precocious August, Rep. Adam Kinzinger appeared connected NBC’s “Meet the Press” and hinted astatine wht to expect erstwhile the Jan. 6 hearings resume.
The Illinois representative, who is 1 of 2 Republicans connected the House Jan. 6 committee, mentioned the wealth Trump raised during his “Stop the Steal” efforts successful the lead-up to Jan. 6.
“It was each astir conscionable raising money, and radical were abused that way, truthful determination volition beryllium a batch much of that,” said Kinzinger, who added that viewers besides tin expect to find retired much astir Secret Service substance messages from Jan. 5 and Jan. 6 that were erased.
For much connected Kinzinger’s appearance, read this communicative by Ja’han Jones, writer for MSNBC’s The ReidOut Blog.
House GOP mostly rejects measure to forestall aboriginal coup attempts
More than a period aft its passage, the Electoral Count Act of 1887 figured prominently successful the events of Jan. 6, arsenic Trump and his allies came to judge the antiquated instrumentality could beryllium exploited to overturn Joe Biden’s victory.
Last month, the House voted 229-203 to walk the Presidential Election Reform Act, which is aimed astatine shoring up the 19th period instrumentality and preventing a repeat. Only 9 House Republicans voted for passage.
As Steve Benen wrote for MaddowBlog:
“The bully quality for ideology advocates is that a bulk of the House members agreed. The atrocious quality is that the immense bulk of Republicans did not. …
In theory, fixed the situation from the caller past, this bipartisan measure is precisely the benignant of measurement that should walk easily. In practice, House Republican leaders peddled a bid of claims in atrocious faith, demanded that GOP members cull the bill, and mostly succeeded successful creating a partisan outcome.”
Read Steve’s afloat communicative below.
Jan. 6 committee’s Republicans are endorsing Democrats
Declaring partisanship “has to person a limit,” Jan. 6 committee Vice Chair Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., said recently that she is consenting to stump for Democrats.
This week, Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois joined his chap Republican connected the committee successful seeking to assistance immoderate Democrats prevail successful November. His enactment PAC issued endorsements successful respective races crossed the country, including for Democrats moving against right-wing predetermination deniers.
As Steve Benen wrote for MaddowBlog connected Tuesday:
“I don’t uncertainty this volition pb to different circular of partisan accusations astir Kinzinger being a ‘RINO’ (Republican In Name Only), but let’s not hide that the Illinois Republican voted with the Trump White House astir 90% of the time.
“He besides seemingly thinks voters should elite candidates who judge predetermination results.”
Read Steve’s afloat communicative below.
Jan. 6 committee to America: Don’t hide astir us
The Jan. 6 committee’s message successful today’s hearing whitethorn be: Don’t hide astir us, we’re inactive important.
In a satellite successful which ineligible quality astir Trump comes astatine you similar h2o from a occurrence hydrant, 1 tin beryllium forgiven for putting the committee's enactment connected the backmost burner.
Today’s proceeding is acceptable to absorption connected the transportation betwixt Trump and his allies and the extremist groups that stormed the Capitol, what helium knew astir their plans, and what helium intended to hap the time the Electoral College votes were acceptable to beryllium certified.
So arsenic we travel the latest developments regarding the classified documents recovered astatine Mar-a-Lago, the New York lawyer general’s suit against Trump and the Trump Organization for fiscal wrongdoing, and probe into Trump’s predetermination meddling successful Georgia, we should besides attraction astir today’s proceeding and retrieve that our erstwhile president attempted to subvert ideology connected January 6, 2021.
The committee whitethorn beryllium making the lawsuit for its relevance, arsenic overmuch arsenic it is making the lawsuit against Trump.
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