Tonight: Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection hearings go prime-time

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection is set to unveil as-yet-unreleased video, audio and a mass of evidence in its prime-time hearing.

Thursday’s session will also show the chilling backstory as defeated President Donald Trump tried to overturn Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory.

The panel will warn that the deadly siege put U.S. democracy at risk.

Live testimony is expected from a police officer who was pummeled in the riot and from a documentary filmmaker who recorded the melee.

There will also be recorded accounts of Trump’s aides and family members.

The yearlong investigation is intended to stand as a public record for history.

Against this backdrop, the committee will try to speak to a divided America, ahead of the fall midterm elections, when voters decide which party controls Congress.

Most TV networks will carry the hearings live, but Fox News Channel will not.

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