January 6 Committee: The Return of the Show

As it is with all made-for-television soap operas, you can take a week off as I just did and pick up The January 6 Committee Show right where you left off. I had a column Monday on the committee’s gamesmanship — in general, and specifically in connection with the testimony of former Trump White House counsel Pat Cipollone, given behind closed committee doors last Friday.

The committee is scheduled to reconvene in public on Tuesday afternoon. Yesterday, it announced that its planned prime-time spectacle on Thursday, to bookend last month’s Opening Night, was being postponed, at least until next week. Today’s session will focus on militia groups, such as the Oath Keepers and the Proud Boys, some of whose members instigated the Capitol riot and have been charged with seditious conspiracy — the most serious offense leveled at anyone in connection with the uprising.

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Andrew C. McCarthy

Andrew C. McCarthy is a senior fellow at National Review Institute, an NR contributing editor, and author of Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency.

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As it is with all made-for-television soap operas, you can take a week off as I just did and pick up The January 6 Committee Show right where you left off. I had a column Monday on the committee’s gamesmanship — in general, and specifically in connection with the testimony of former Trump White House counsel Pat Cipollone, given behind closed committee doors last Friday.

The committee is scheduled to reconvene in public on Tuesday afternoon. Yesterday, it announced that its planned prime-time spectacle on Thursday, to bookend last month’s Opening Night, was being postponed, at least until next week. Today’s session will focus on militia groups, such as the Oath Keepers and the Proud Boys, some of whose members instigated the Capitol riot and have been charged with seditious conspiracy — the most serious offense leveled at anyone in connection with the uprising.

About the Author

Andrew C. McCarthy

Andrew C. McCarthy is a senior fellow at National Review Institute, an NR contributing editor, and author of Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency.