Jan. 6 hearing makes case Trump at 'center' of 'conspiracy' to overturn election

Thursday marked the House select committee's first prime-time hearing.

ByLibby Cathey and Alexandra Hutzler
Last Updated: June 10, 2022, 1:50 PM EDT

The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol held its first prime-time hearing on Thursday.

The hearing featured never-before-seen video footage and witness testimony as lawmakers aim to explain what they call a "coordinated, multi-step effort" by former President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.

Here is how the hearing unfolded:

Jun 09, 2022, 4:35 PM EDT

Biden calls Jan. 6 ‘flagrant violation of the Constitution’

President Joe Biden said a lot of Americans will learn new details about the Jan. 6 attack as lawmakers begin to reveal the findings of their 11-month investigation.

"One of the things that’s gonna occupy my country tonight, I suspect, is the first open hearings on January the 6th," Biden said as he sat down with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the Summit of the Americas on Thursday afternoon.

"And as I said when it was occurring and subsequent, I think it was a clear, flagrant violation of the Constitution," Biden continued. "I think these guys and women broke the law, tried to turn around the result of an election. And there's a lot of questions: who's responsible, who's involved?"

President Joe Biden speaks at a session of the CEO Summit of the Americas hosted by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on June 9, 2022, in Los Angeles.
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Jun 09, 2022, 4:11 PM EDT

Hearing kicks off at 8 p.m.

Thursday's hearing, the first of six scheduled in June, is the culmination of an 11-month-long investigation by the House select committee.

The nine-member panel has collected more than 140,000 documents and 1,000 witness interviews throughout the course of the investigation, and members have promised to introduce never-before-seen videos and exhibits they say will shock the public.

Television crews and technicians prepare the Cannon Caucus Room for Thursday night's hearing by the House select committee investigating the attack of Jan. 6, 2021, at the Capitol in Washington, June 7, 2022.
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ABC News Television Network will air special coverage of the hearing at 8 p.m. and ABC News Live will carry gavel-to-gavel coverage.

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