Five Things to Look Out for at Today's Jan. 6 Hearing

The House Select Committee investigating the January 6 attack will present its seventh day of live presentations on Tuesday.

The panel is due to deliver its latest batch of evidence and live testimony at 1 p.m. Eastern Time, with the final day of hearings to be shown sometime later in July.

The hearing will focus on how far-right groups including the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers planned to storm the Capitol on January 6, as well as their reported links to Trump's inner circle.

Tuesday's hearings will be the first since former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson testified that Trump was aware that his supporters were armed on January 6 but still ordered them to the Capitol, and that he was so desperate to join the insurrection that he grabbed the steering wheel of the presidential SUV and then assaulted a Secret Service member—claims the former president denies.

Below, Newsweek has detailed five things to look out for in Tuesday's hearing.

Will Roger Stone and Michael Flynn Be Implicated?

The committee has suggested that the hearing will scrutinize both Roger Stone and Michael Flynn—two longtime Trump allies who were pardoned by the former president—and their ties to extremist groups.

Neither Stone nor Flynn has been charged or accused of any crime in connection with the January 6 attack. However, Stone's links to the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys—some of whose members have been charged with seditious conspiracy over the Capitol riot—have been brought into question.

Stone used members of the Oath Keepers as security on January 5 and 6 in 2021, including those later charged over the insurrection, although he denies knowing of any criminal intent by the group.

Stone is also closely linked to Proud Boys leader and January 6 sedition suspect Enrique Tarrio. In May, The New York Times reported that Tarrio was part of an online group chat entitled F.O.S.—or Friends of Stone—which also included fellow sedition suspect Stewart Rhodes, leader of the Oath Keepers.

Flynn, Trump's disgraced former national security adviser, has since turned into one of most influential figures of QAnon, the radical conspiracy theory movement whose followers also stormed the Capitol. Flynn has publicly suggested Trump should have declared martial law and forced a "rerun" in key swing states to ensure he won the election.

Did Trump Summon Far-right Groups to Washington D.C.?

The committee has already previewed that it would be looking into how Trump's "Be there, will be wild!" tweet sent in the early hours of December 19, 2020 urging his supporters to attend the election protest on January 6 was seen as an invitation by the militia groups.

Trump had frequently been accused of emboldening the far-right during his presidency. The panel is expected to accuse the then president of attempting to rile up extremist groups as a last-ditch attempt to remain in power.

"Donald Trump sent out the tweet that would be heard around the world, the first time in American history when a president of the United States called a protest against his own government, in fact, to try to stop the counting of electoral college votes in a presidential election he had lost," Rep. Jamie Raskin, who will lead Tuesday's hearing, told CBS News' Face The Nation on Sunday.

What Was Said at December 18, 2020, White House Meeting?

Trump's infamous "be wild" tweet is said to have been sent shortly after he held a White House meeting with members of his inner circle, including Flynn, fellow QAnon supporter Sidney Powell, and frequent election result denier Rudy Giuliani.

The group are reported to have met with Trump to discuss plans for the military to seize voting machines as part of their efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election results.

In January, Politico published a draft executive order showing how Trump would have carried out the order, as well as giving the defense secretary 60 days to write an assessment of the election.

During the meeting, Powell—a known conspiracy theorist who is being sued for $1.3 billion by Dominion Voting Systems over her false election claims—is said to have suggested to Trump that she be appointed Special Counsel to investigate the baseless voter fraud claims.

What Will Oath Keepers' Spokesman Testify?

It is reported that Jason Van Tatenhove, a former spokesperson of the Oath Keepers, will talk under oath to the panel on Tuesday.

Van Tatenhove, who has since cut ties with the group, said in a June 7 blog post that he has already spoke to the panel twice, and will be asked to give a "historical overview of the Oath Keepers and violent militias" during his testimony.

Will We Hear From White House Counsel Pat Cipollone?

It is believed that testimony from former White House counsel Pat Cipollone will also be played at Tuesday's hearing.

Cipollone, seen as one of the key witnesses in the January 6 investigation, frequently pushed backed at Trump's attempts to overturn the election, and is said to have expressed concerns to Hutchinson that if the former president marched to the Capitol the administration would be "charged with every crime imaginable."

Cipollone sat for a closed-door deposition with the January 6 panel on July 8.

Committee spokesperson Tim Mulvey told The Washington Post on Sunday that Cipollone provided "critical testimony on nearly every major topic in its investigation, reinforcing key points regarding Donald Trump's misconduct and providing highly relevant new information that will play a central role in its upcoming hearings."