{"id":12099,"date":"2022-06-23T19:18:26","date_gmt":"2022-06-23T19:18:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/watch-rep-thompsons-full-opening-statement-for-day-4-jan-6-hearings-2\/"},"modified":"2022-06-23T19:18:26","modified_gmt":"2022-06-23T19:18:26","slug":"watch-rep-thompsons-full-opening-statement-for-day-4-jan-6-hearings-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/?p=12099","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Rep. Thompson&#8217;s full opening statement for Day 4 | Jan. 6 hearings"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KtaZziwhAgM\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., delivered opening remarks on June 23 as the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack presented its findings to the public.<\/p>\n<p>The committee chairman said public servants resisted former President Donald Trump\u2019s efforts to \u201cmisuse the Justice Department as part of his plan to hold onto power,\u201d adding that the former president\u2019s demands that the department investigate his false claims of election fraud extended into January 2021.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut Donald Trump didn&#8217;t just want the Justice Department to investigate,\u201d Thompson said. \u201cHe wanted the Justice Department to help legitimize his lies, to basically call the election corrupt, to appoint a special counsel to investigate alleged election fraud.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The hearing, the fifth of several planned by the Jan. 6 committee, focused on Trump\u2019s pressure on the Department of Justice to overturn the 2020 presidential election results. In the year since its creation, the committee has conducted more than 1,000 interviews, seeking critical information and documents from people witness to, or involved in, the violence that day.<\/p>\n<p>Stream your PBS favorites with the PBS app: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/to.pbs.org\/2Jb8twG\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/to.pbs.org\/2Jb8twG<\/a>  <br \/>\nFind more from PBS NewsHour at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour<\/a>  <br \/>\nSubscribe to our YouTube channel: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2HfsCD6\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/2HfsCD6<\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>Follow us: <br \/>\nTikTok: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@pbsnews\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@pbsnews<\/a>  <br \/>\nTwitter: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/newshour\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/newshour<\/a><br \/>\nInstagram: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/newshour\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/newshour<\/a>  <br \/>\nFacebook: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Subscribe: <br \/>\nPBS NewsHour podcasts: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/podcasts\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/podcasts<\/a><br \/>\nNewsletters: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/subscribe\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/subscribe<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., delivered opening remarks on June 23 as the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack presented its findings to the public. 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