After months of hearings and testimonies, the Jan. 6 hearings are set to wrap up Wed. with one final hearing.
This year's hearings produced several shocking moments, detailing Trump's desperate efforts to remain in power.
1. The Jan. 6 panel opened their first day of hearings in June with video testimony of former AG Bill Barr.
Barr testified to the committee that he rejected Trump's false claims of voter fraud in the weeks after the election.
Barr testified that he met with Trump on Nov. 23, 2020, telling him that the DOJ "doesn’t take sides in the election."
Barr resigned as attorney general on Dec. 14 and formally left the Department of Justice on Dec. 23. (WaPo)
2. Former VP Pence's legal counsel Greg Jacob showed up to testify on Trump's efforts on the third day of the hearings.
Jacob testified that he repeatedly rejected Trump's requests to reject electoral votes from key states.
Jacob was also with Pence on Jan. 6 during the attack on the Capitol; they were both 40 feet away from the rioters. (NYT)
3. The panel also on Day 3 showed testimony from former WH lawyer Eric Herschmann on Trump's efforts after Jan. 6.
Herschmann testified that Trump's lawyer John Eastman contacted him after Jan. 6 to continue Trump's efforts. He responded:
The panel revealed that after their exchange, Eastman contacted Rudy Giuliani to obtain a presidential pardon from Trump.
The panel also showed footage of their interview with Eastman, where he invoked the Fifth Amendment 146 times.
4. On Day 4, the panel heard testimony from several elections officials and state Republican leaders.
AZ House Speaker Rusty Bowers testified that he refused Trump's efforts to launch an election fraud investigation.
Bowers said that the Trump team also approached him with a plot to replace Biden's electors with Trump's electors.
Bowers told the committee that he received a barrage of threats after he defied Trump: "...it was disturbing."
5. On Day 5, former deputy AG Richard Donoghue testified that Trump asked him in a phone call on Dec. 27:
Per Donoghue, Trump was obsessed with a conspiracy theory alleging that Italian satellites flipped votes from Trump.
Former acting AG Jeffrey Rosen also testified on Day 5 that Trump directed him to seize voting machines. He said:
6. On Day 6, former Mark Meadows aide Cassidy Hutchinson delivered a shocking first-hand account of Trump on Jan. 6.
Hutchinson testified to the committee that Trump was aware that his supporters were armed before the Jan. 6 attack:
Hutchinson also detailed Trump's reaction in the car on Jan. 6 after he was told he couldn't march to the Capitol:
Per Hutchinson, Trump attempted to forcibly steer the presidential car, but was prevented by his Secret Service detail:
Hutchinson also said that Trump threw dishes in response to AG Bill Barr's Dec. 1 AP interview denying fraud in 2020.
Hutchinson, on her reaction to Trump's Jan. 6 tweet condemning VP Mike Pence for not overturning the election:
7. On Day 7, the panel showed testimony of former WH lawyer Pat Cipollone, who testified after a subpoena.
Cipollone detailed a chaotic Dec. 18 meeting between Trump's advisers on an executive order to seize voting machines.
The meeting quickly devolved into a fight, per testimony from several witnesses, including Rudy Giuliani.
The committee also showed testimony of former Trump campaign lawyer Sidney Powell and her account of Dec. 18:
8. On Day 8, the committee showed outtakes from a video Trump filmed on Jan. 7 to condemn the violence on Jan. 6.
9. Both Cipollone and former Nat-Sec. Advisor Keith Kellogg testified that Trump didn't call any officials on Jan. 6.