Key moments from Jan. 6 House hearing

The House Select Committee, tasked with investigating the root causes of the Jan. 6 insurrection, held its first public hearing Thursday night, after spending nearly one year conducting an investigation behind closed doors. Rep. Bennie Thompson, the committee chair, opened the hearing by saying the false assertions of former President Trump led to the insurrection, which was “the culmination of an attempted coup.” He said the federal government “can’t sweep what happened under the rug.” Here were some key takeaways: Barr told Trump that his voter fraud claims were ‘bullshit’ A video deposition was shown of former Atty. pic.twitter.com/qa5qNyMXqS — January 6th Committee June 10, 2022 Ivanka Trump didn’t believe her father’s false election fraud claims The House committee showed video footage of the virtual deposition of former White House advisor Ivanka Trump saying she accepted Barr’s assessment that the 2020 presidential election was not stolen from her father. McCarthy implored the Trump family to call off the mob The committee’s top Republican Rep. Liz Cheney said that House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy was “scared” and asked multiple Trump family members to quell insurrectionists “after he could not persuade the president himself.” The admission is astonishing for McCarthy who has tried distancing himself from his past criticism of the former president’s actions that day. I never in my wildest dreams did I think that as a police officer, as a law enforcement officer, I would find myself in the middle of a battle.” Meadows tried to rewrite the narrative of Trump’s response Former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows wanted to “establish the narrative that the president is still in charge,” according to video testimony from Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley, which was shared by Cheney.