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applegrove

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Sat Mar 19, 2022, 02:44 PM Mar 2022

The 1/6 Committee Is Planning To Write A Jaw Dropping Report [View all]

BY JASON EASLEY at PoliticusUSA

The 1/6 Committee Is Planning To Write A Jaw Dropping Report

https://www.politicususa.com/2022/03/19/the-1-6-committee-is-planning-to-write-a-jaw-dropping-report.html

"SNIP......

The 1/6 Committee isn’t planning on a dry report written by staffers. They want to issue a gripping report that tells the story of the Capitol attack.

The Washington Post reported:

It’s unclear whether the committee will succeed in bringing on a high-profile journalist or if the committee has finalized a choice to author the report. But the committee’s leaders are keenly aware of the difficulty in breaking through to hard-to-reach audiences, according to staffers and members involved in the process.

“We do not want a bureaucrat to write this report but rather a historian or a journalist — or someone who writes and can tell a story in a compelling way so that people can actually understand what happened,” said Rep. Stephanie Murphy (D-Fla.), a member of the committee.

Two people with knowledge of the report say the committee wants it to include gripping testimony and quotes, along with starring roles for key players in the events leading up to and on Jan. 6, 2021.

The Committee isn’t going to release some boring report full of jargon and terminology written by staffers who in most cases aren’t writers. The 1/6 Committee understands that the best way to make the very complicated plot surrounding Trump’s effort to overturn an election understandable is to present it as a story.

.....SNIP"

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...And? Ocelot II Mar 2022 #1
It is all up now. I am on my cell and PoliticusUSA stuff I have to put applegrove Mar 2022 #2
OK, thanks. Ocelot II Mar 2022 #4
Better write a very specific, easy to grasp, report with hard evidence Hoyt Mar 2022 #3
I hope they don't let the lawyers write it. They should vet it for accuracy, but Ocelot II Mar 2022 #7
Bob Woodward? wnylib Mar 2022 #28
NO Rebl2 Mar 2022 #33
Would sure lend itself well to a graphic novel aka comic book like March mahina Mar 2022 #5
I'd love to see a graphic novel of it. Ocelot II Mar 2022 #8
It should be a non-fiction writer with a lot of gravitas. Beakybird Mar 2022 #6
It's times like this that make me miss Hunter S. Thompson. Mr.Bill Mar 2022 #23
I can just imagine the lede jmowreader Mar 2022 #39
Limericks LOL. Ooh: how about haiku? Beartracks Mar 2022 #41
This is from Politicusa. they almost always let me down with their optimistic stories mucifer Mar 2022 #9
Yeah, they are not a great source, but the WaPo article they cite Ocelot II Mar 2022 #10
Stephen King tavernier Mar 2022 #11
He would be my choice dsc Mar 2022 #26
I thought they were going to have public hearings??? dixiechiken1 Mar 2022 #12
They are in April or May but will be writing a full report after Bev54 Mar 2022 #21
Oh, okay... dixiechiken1 Mar 2022 #40
Probably does not matter because Garland will not allow Trump to be prosecuted helpisontheway Mar 2022 #13
To reach MAGA Orbit, Batman comics would be well advised /nt bucolic_frolic Mar 2022 #14
Since it is a horror story, Stephen King could write it. Irish_Dem Mar 2022 #15
That'll show him! Sur Zobra Mar 2022 #16
Sure hope they include a section on the seditious complicity of some sitting members. Nt Fiendish Thingy Mar 2022 #17
Sorry people, everyday that passes kacekwl Mar 2022 #18
The Committee definitely lost the momentum they had last summer with the videos and Hoyt Mar 2022 #19
The war in Ukraine is not helping either! Emile Mar 2022 #20
I am suspecting it's one of putler's goal Justice matters. Mar 2022 #24
After 4 long painful years of TFG, anything is possible! Emile Mar 2022 #31
I thought there were supposed to be public televised hearings. Mr.Bill Mar 2022 #22
Michael Beschloss could write it. milestogo Mar 2022 #25
Whoever writes for The Rachel Maddow Show Auggie Mar 2022 #27
What happens if...? kentuck Mar 2022 #29
"A historian or journalist" -- how about Michael Beschloss? Hekate Mar 2022 #30
my thought as well... bahboo Mar 2022 #36
Adam Schiff and Jamie Raskin and others are on the Committee... kentuck Mar 2022 #32
There are two of them on the committee so... Justice matters. Mar 2022 #37
Lots of great young historians are being forced from the field, by austerity and bias. FreepFryer Mar 2022 #34
Michael Beschloss, Douglas Brinkley, Ken Burns all come to mind MagickMuffin Mar 2022 #35
Here is the Washington Post link. I don't like PolitcusUSA as a news source. ificandream Mar 2022 #38
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