House Hearing on trump's Insurrection Begins

After all the drama of the Republicans playing "Chicken" with the committee process, and Pelosi telling McCarthy and his trumpian lackeys to get bent, we're finally getting some public hearings on what happened on January 6:

The select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol is holding its first meeting Tuesday. Four police officers are giving testimony about the physical and verbal assaults they faced responding the the riot that day.

The four officers — Harry Dunn and Aquilino Gonell of the Capitol Police, and Michael Fanone and Daniel Hodges of the Metropolitan Police — each gave opening statements and are answering questions from committee members.

Gonell recounted the events of that day and the impact it has had on law enforcement officers: "For most people, Jan. 6 happened for a few hours," he said. "But for those of us who were in the thick of it, it has not ended..."

NPR should provide live links to the hearings, as well as other websites.

As I wrote earlier about the need for hearings:

It's that kind of evidence that if confirmed by committee would establish trump's refusal at the very least to take the riot seriously, which could lead to charges of negligence on the then-President Loser of the Popular Vote (especially from Capitol Police who survived that day and the family members of those who died). Any additional evidence confirming how trump egged that mob into action against Congress could lead to charges of insurrection...

These are things the Republican leadership do not want happening, because trump still has his mob at his beck and call and if becomes clear he's getting handcuffed over this he will incite that mob again, and again against fellow Republicans who won't bow to him...

The committee only would have the merit of documenting the atrocities for the public who still need to know what happened... and for future history, as long as it aids rather than blocks the ongoing criminal investigations that have already arrested a sizable number of rioters... and the committee can add to the already-overwhelming proof that insurrection happened. It all becomes a question of if (sadly not when) the people truly responsible for the violence that day (trump trump and more trump) gets held accountable...

trump and his Republican allies would rather whitewash and ignore the violent events of that day, because it clashes with their Grand Narrative of libruls and minorities as the violent rioters. trump would rather pretend it was all fun and games, while giving enough freedom to his brownshirt army of Proud Boys and Oath Keepers to prepare for the next round of violence he'll want to commit to keep his own corrupt ass out of a New York jail cell.

This committee - with any luck - will remind the majority of Americans of how craven and desperate and violent trump's own side has been, and how trump and his people threaten to get worse.

We shouldn't be watching these hearings for entertainment, everybody.

We should be watching these hearings to find out how we fight back.