What to watch for at Thursday's prime-time January 6 hearing
CNN
The House select committee investigating January 6, 2021, is returning to prime time for its final planned hearing this month that will seek to show in minute-by-minute detail how former President Donald Trump failed to act while the US Capitol was under attack.
The committee's focus at Thursday's 8 p.m. ET hearing will be on the 187 minutes that elapsed between Trump concluding his speech at the Ellipse at 1 p.m. when he told his supporters to march to the Capitol to when Trump released a video at 4:17 p.m. telling the rioters to leave the Capitol.
Committee aides say that the panel will show how Trump "refused to act to defend the Capitol" while rioters were attacking it. The committee has spoken with multiple former Trump aides who were with him that day -- including former White House counsel Pat Cipollone -- and their video depositions are expected to be used to help tell the story of what was going on inside the White House on January 6.