5 key questions the Jan. 6 committee will tackle in its hearings

Trump supporters participate in a rally Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021 in Washington. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

The House select committee on January 6 holds its first hearing on Thursday, in prime time at 8 p.m. EST, promising to weave together a narrative from the findings of its year-long probe with “previously unseen material” about the attack on the Capitol.

Some committee members have teased that there will be “bombshells” and the public will be surprised by what is revealed.

Pressed about the risk of overhyping the news, given that many details have already leaked out, committee member Jamie Raskin, D-Md., told reporters this week: “We’re not in the business of entertainment. We’re in the business of trying to communicate to the American people the gravity and the immensity of these events.”