Here's what was behind the decision to hold today's Jan. 6 hearing, according to sources

[Nevilledog]

Link to tweet

https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/january-6-hearings-june-28/h_ba23176ac9efa3da3f9c58e50977492c

The decision to hold the hearing today was due to a combination of factors for the Jan. 6 House select committee, according to sources with knowledge of the situation. Once the committee knew former Mark Meadows aide Cassidy Hutchinson was willing to testify publicly, the committee did not want to risk waiting and her backing out. In addition, there was an overriding concern about security, which has been a factor for others — including members themselves who face threats over their roles on the committee.

The committee also suggested in its announcement that there is new evidence to consider.

Sources also observed that Hutchinson’s willingness to testify publicly could be a powerful incentive for other witnesses to come forward.

Hutchinson’s posture with the committee changed dramatically when she recently switched attorneys, a source familiar with the planning for today’s hearing told CNN. She had been forthcoming with the committee previously, but she became much more willing to cooperate and provide the committee with new information that had not previously been heard in just the last few weeks.

Hutchinson’s new insight was a tightly held secret, even within the committee. Sources said only a small group of members were kept apprised of the new information she was providing. Early this week, the committee decided that it needed to get the information out sooner rather than later. Members were concerned about Hutchinson’s security and the chance that she might become reluctant to testify if they waited until after July 4 to make her testimony public.

Some members of the committee were not made fully aware of the information she was prepared to testify to until today.

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[gab13by13]

1. Did the committee state

how long the hearing will be? If it's 2 hours, it's going to leave a mark on people.

[Nevilledog]

2. I haven't seen anything about length of the hearing.

[maxsolomon]

3. After doing the wrong thing for however long she was in the WH, she's doing the right thing.

I guess we should be grateful.

[samnsara]

6. i think when youre in the middle of the swamp you dont realize its the wrong thing..

[maxsolomon]

7. well, to me, even thinking about voting for any republican is the wrong thing.

but yes, hard to see the forest for the trees.

[Hortensis]

15. I could see what I felt was wrong when I was 10, but I wasn't conservative

by nature. Conservatives see right and wrong/moral issues somewhat differently -- even when they're not submerged in toxic Kool-Aid and haven't been disconnected from them, which she presumably was her entire childhood and adolescence.

[uponit7771]

19. +1, Hitler's EA had the same response; she even looked for her Jewish friend after the war

[CottonBear]

8. I wonder if she's still going to vote for Republicans in 2022?

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

18. I'm guessing Yes. If Liz Cheney really wants to save our democracy, she should switch over

from R to D and help pass Biden's agenda and help Ds not just keep, but increase their control of Congress. That Bowers dude from AZ, whose family has been harassed & threatened because he didn't support TFG's Big Lie, says he'd vote for TFG again. These people don't seem to fully understand the danger Republican power poses to our nation.

[Marcuse]

20. She'd beat out Manchin and Sinema for the title of Worst Dem. Voted with TFG 93%.

Not being a confederate is a low bar.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

22. But, in my scenario, she'd be better than those two

because, in my scenario, she must "help pass Biden's agenda."

Obviously, it's a fantasy scenario. But it shouldn't be. If she wants hold TFG accountable and bar him from being in a position in which he can have another bash at a coup, she should do everything in her power to accomplish that. Helping Dems & Biden pass popular legislation could do that.

[appmanga]

9. It doesn't seem to me...

...that she ever did "the wrong thing".

This is a very young person who has probably submarined her career as far as D.C. is concerned. The fact that she's is so young might be why so would do this. She showed more courage today than Trump or any of his minions, including the rich ones who should have balls of steel because they have almost nothing to lose.

[maxsolomon]

10. she worked in the Trump WH.

that's always the wrong thing.

but she appears to understand the difference between right and wrong.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

4. Sounds damaging for all involved around Mark Meadows.

Asking for pardons or getting on a pardon list just in case.

According to Chuck Rosenberg, there is an admission of guilt here. The DoJ and the FBI are listening.

[samnsara]

5. im holding on to the fantasy that..as a woman..shes out to get back at the right wing men

for the abortion mess they made. And shes pissed.

[Joinfortmill]

11. Trump is guilty as hell and to make matters worse 'assaulted' a SS agent.

He's going down.

[Evolve Dammit]

12. She did the right thing

Throughout it sounds like.

[SheltieLover]

13. Kicking for visibility

[SheltieLover]

14. Maybd they were concerned she would get too close to a window.

Sounds as if the threats were intense.

[Novara]

16. What that article didn't say ...

... is that the committee was likely afraid the orange motherfucker would once again obstruct justice by threatening her via witness tampering. Or maybe he already had done it and they were afraid she'd succumb.

It isn't a coincidence that they ended today's hearing with examples of witness tampering.

[crickets]

17. This. nt

[Generic Other]

21. The first explosion of the 4th of July

BOOM.

Every BBQ in America will be the scene of a FOODFIGHT. Families will chew the fat over this revelation. MAGA relatives will not be able to stop the rest of us smirking, snarking, bringing it up, etc. No yelling at the majority of the family "NO POLITICS." Funny how only the MAGA bro-in-law who was all TRUMP 24/7 awhile back won't even let us say anything now.

I look forward to the firework display this year.