The next public hearing from the House select committee covering the January 6 insurrection will be streamed in prime time on Thursday, July 21, at 5 pm Pacific, 8 pm Eastern. You don’t need a cable subscription to tune in—this official presentation of what the committee found during its investigation is free for everyone to watch.
WIRED’s continued coverage of last year’s January 6 attack in Washington, DC includes the role Google’s geolocation data played as the police arrested rioters and how the committee hearings are designed to capture your attention.
How to Watch the Upcoming January 6 Hearing
If you have access to broadcast TV channels like ABC, CBS, and NBC, or news networks like CNN and MSNBC, portions from the upcoming committee hearing are expected to air live. (Don’t forget that most broadcast channels can be streamed for free with the help of a digital antenna.)
Do you want to watch the hearing on your computer or smartphone? Subscribing to the January 6 committee’s YouTube channel is probably your best bet to catch all the information as it’s presented live. Missed the previous seven hearings? You can rewatch all the January 6 hearings without any punditry or interruption on that YouTube channel.
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What Should You Expect?
During a recent interview on “Face the Nation,” Adam Kinzinger, a Republican representative and part of the bipartisan committee, said, “I’ll give you this preview, the president didn’t do very much but gleefully watch television during this timeframe.”
According to CNN, Matthew Pottinger and Sarah Matthews are two of the people who will testify on Thursday. Pottinger was Trump’s deputy national security adviser until he abruptly resigned after the riots. Matthews was a press aide for Trump; she also resigned the night of January 6.
About a week before the upcoming hearing, the committee issued a subpoena to the Secret Service regarding deleted text messages. Hearing number eight is anticipated to be the committee’s final presentation. Analyzing the previous hearings, WIRED contributing editor Garrett M. Graff wrote, “Altogether, the committee has painted a far more organized and coherent picture of the administration’s efforts than most imagined existed.”
The police have already arrested hundreds of people in connection to the riot at the capital. It remains unclear whether Trump will face criminal charges. With prosecutor Thomas Windom at the helm, the Justice Department is investigating Trump’s role in the insurrection that followed his failed presidential bid. Reporting from Rolling Stone suggests that Trump feels the heat, and potential prosecution is one motivating factor for the former president to toss his hat in the ring again.