Dear John,

The hearings covering the January 6 insurrection will be critically important, and broadcast networks need to air them all in full. So far the networks have agreed to broadcast the first day and the last day of the hearings in prime time, but that’s just not good enough. Anyone else remember when all 51 of the public Watergate hearings, over six months, were broadcast each evening in full -- gavel-to-gavel?

America needs to see all of the January 6 Committee hearings. Every day of the trial. Every image and every detail.

All of it.

Republicans are doing all they can to sweep this treason under the rug. The RNC censured Cheney and Kinzinger for participating in the House investigation and have officially called the attack “legitimate political discourse.” They even tried to sue the committee to stop their work entirely, but the US District Court dismissed all of the RNC's claims.^[1] Every. Single. One.

The traitors who stormed our nation’s Capitol in a violent attack, killing 5 and wounding 140 officers, must be held accountable. Trump must be held accountable. Members of Congress who provoked, incited, and aided the rioters must be held accountable. The House Select Committee hearings promise to do just that -- but it’ll only work if people demand it, and people won’t demand it if they don’t see all the evidence for themselves.

We have to shine as bright a light on the January 6 plotters as possible, so nothing like this can ever happen again. Sign your name now to demand ABC, CBS, NBC, and other broadcast networks air the House Select Committee hearings in full.

Demand Full Coverage

The House Select Committee is set to hold eight hearings in June.

They are preparing a powerful open-and-shut case. In the words of Rep. Jamie Raskin: “The hearings will tell a story that will really blow the roof off the House.”^[2] To explain to people what happened on that awful day, they have hired writers and editors to prepare a multimedia presentation similar to the incredible presentation during the second Trump impeachment.^[3]

Now they have so much more to work with. They know so much more.

Think of it this way: Despite being held in Contempt of Congress, Infowars conspiracy theorist and Sandy Hook denier Alex Jones, Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, trade advisor Peter Navarro, and director of social media Dan Scavino still refuse to testify, but the committee has testimony from more than 800 people who either participated or witnessed what happened in the lead up, during, and after the events of that day. Until we get all of the hearings on TV, we won’t all know what the committee knows, and Republicans and Trump’s cronies will keep hiding from accountability.

Let’s be clear about this, too. No one in America doubts whether, for example, the Capitol attacker who wore a horned headdress is guilty, because they saw it with their own eyes. That’s why the hearings must be broadcast in full in prime time for everyone to watch. The guilty cannot keep hiding once the House Committee exposes them live on TV.

Televised hearings are the best way to expose the truth and hold everyone – from Trump on down – accountable for the attempted coup of January 6. Add your name to demand the full hearings on TV now.

Historians credit televised broadcasts with the success of the Watergate hearings and Nixon’s impeachment trial.^[4] The insurrection deserves the same gavel-to-gavel attention.

Don’t let the media -- or America -- look away from this one.

Robert Reich
Inequality Media Civic Action

^{[1] “Federal judge rejects RNC lawsuit against Jan. 6 panel,” The Hill, May 2, 2022
[2] “Jan. 6 committee to hold series of hearings starting in June,” NBC News, April 29, 2022
[3] “January 6 committee to hold 8 hearings in June, chairman says,” CNN Politics, April 28, 2022
[4] “Watergate and Public Broadcasting,” The American Archive of Public Broadcasting, no date}