ABC, CNN and MSNBC are expected to focus their coverage on the auditions and many other media outlets are likely to show the auditions on their websites and YouTube channels, including The Independent. The auditions will also be broadcast live on C-SPAN. Fox News seems to have overturned an earlier decision not to broadcast the hearings. After losing an audience of 20 million by skipping the first session – and receiving widespread public condemnation for it, they will broadcast the second hearing live. The committee is going to hold two hearings at 20:00 on Thursday 9 June and 23 June. In between the primetime hearings, additional public hearings will be held at 10 a.m. on 13, 15, 16 and 21 June. The hearings are expected to describe how Donald Trump and some of his associates violated the law as they tried to overturn the 2020 election. “We want to give as clear a picture as possible of what happened,” committee chairman Bennie Thompson told reporters last month. “The public needs to know what to think. “We just have to show clearly what happened on January 6.” Listening to primetime is scheduled to last from 1.5 to two hours and morning listening is set to last between two and 2.5 hours. One of the committee members will chair each hearing, but lawyers who are familiar with the sensitive material will conduct most of the witness investigations. Most of the witnesses were invited to attend the hearings. Lawyers will also show texts, photos and videos to support their case. The content and schedule of the auditions may change. The panel plans to detail Trump’s attempt to reverse his loss more than two months after he falsely claimed he won the 2020 election until the Capitol Uprising on January 6. In a court hearing in March, the commission said that “the president’s rhetoric persuaded thousands of Americans to travel to Washington on Jan. 6, some of whom paraded in the Capitol, breached security, and committed other illegal acts.” “The hearings will look at these issues in detail,” they added.
