The Jan. 6 committee unveils its work: Will America listen?
After nearly a year of preparation, the Jan. 6 committee is ready for prime time.
The cast includes seven Democrats and two Republicans who, with the help of a former TV producer, have shaped a script based on more than 1,000 interviews and 140,000 documents.
Their goal: to establish an irrefutable narrative, based on reams of new evidence, that there was a coordinated attempt to overturn the 2020 election and stop the transfer of power from Donald Trump to Joe Biden – and that the former president himself was at the center of it. They will also make the case that the danger is not over.
The select committee will lay out “a clear indication of ongoing threats to American democracy,” a committee aide told reporters Wednesday.
But a considerable swath of the American people likely won’t be tuning in. Fox News has decided not toseries. Which raises a question: How widely will this effort resonate throughout the country?
