2. Jan 6th: An American Story - 187 Minutes
PART 2: The investigators take listeners behind the scenes to show what went into the investigation and how a case was built against former President Donald Trump. What was it like to stare down and depose avowed white supremist Proud Boy Enrique Tarrio, who wants to destroy their way of life? The team offers new insight as to why law enforcement failed to stop the insurrection. The tension builds as there is a running clock to present their findings on nationally televised Prime Time hearings.
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Show Notes
By now, the story of what happened on January 6 2021 is seared into the public psyche. But there is still an untold story.
Many of the investigators and team leads on the January 6th Committee were people of color. In this podcast, we bring you the story of their leadership, and why their mix of lived experience as descendents of enslaved people; children of immigrants; or immigrants themselves deeply shaped the committee’s quest to protect and uphold a multiracial pluralistic democracy.
The story they tell about the inner workings of the committee also reveal deep rifts over the role of race and Christian Nationalism in the insurrection, and how much of that inquiry should be told while proving former President Trump’s role in the insurrection.
As America winds up with endless court cases over the former President and his alleged co-conspirators, it is also, arguably winding up for an increase in domestic violent extremism. In “January 6th: An American Story,” we show -- through the investigators of color and lawmakers helping lead the committee -- that January 6th is not over, and the ways we continue to make sense of its reverberations could save -- or imperil -- us all.
The story of January 6 is an American Story.
It just might be different from the one you thought you knew.