Since the very first hearing of the House Jan. 6 committee, the panel
has vowed to do three things: (1) correct the historical record of the
aftermath of the 2020 election; (2) present the case that former
President Donald Trump was at the center of a scheme to overturn the
results of a free and fair election; and (3) outline an ongoing attack
on American democracy. 

This afternoon, they’re set to tie all three together in what is
expected to be the committee’s final televised hearing. 

The hearing itself will “feature evidence that Trump’s allies were
pushing him to declare victory on Election Day 2020 even before the
votes were counted, and that Trump was warned of the unfolding violence
at the Capitol before he tweeted an inflammatory attack on then-Vice
President Mike Pence,” as our Nicholas Wu and Kyle Cheney write in their
preview this morning.

But of perhaps equal importance is the hearing’s place in the broader
arc of post-insurrection Washington. 

And FDA reporter Katherine Foley joins the show for this week's
astrology readings.

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