The January 6 hearings have given new insight and information on the Capitol insurrection, helping to construct a timeline of the day’s events.

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The special House committee investigating the violent Capitol attack on Jan. 6, 2021, resumes its public hearings this week, continuing to connect the dots and recount how President Donald Trump tried to overturn the 2020 election he lost.

It’s an investigation that gained momentum with its star witness, Cassidy Hutchinson, a former White House aide, who testified June 28 that Trump knew some of his angry supporters were armed as he directed them to walk down Pennsylvania Avenue to the U.S. Capitol.

The Jan. 6 committee seeks to prove the president oversaw and coordinated “a sophisticated seven-part plan to overturn the presidential election and prevent the transfer of power,” Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., said during the first hearing.

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