Updated On: 22 July, 2022 08:44 AM IST | Washington | Agencies
“A profound moment of reckoning for America,” said Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., a member of the committee.

Matt Pottinger, then deputy national security adviser, and Sarah Matthews, then press aide were to be the key witnesses at the prime-time hearing Thursday. Pics/AP
The House Jan. 6 committee will hold its final hearing of the summer the way the series began — vividly making the case that Donald Trump’s lies about a stolen election fueled the grisly U.S. Capitol attack, which he did nothing to stop but instead “gleefully” watched on television at the White House.
Thursday’s prime-time hearing will dive into the 187 minutes that Trump failed to act on Jan. 6, 2021, despite pleas for help from aides, allies and even his family. The panel intends to show how the defeated president’s attempt to overturn Joe Biden’s election victory has left the United States facing enduring questions about the resiliency of its democracy.