1c:I[5025,["2266","static/chunks/870fdd6f-6bc796c30d2d789b.js","6874","static/chunks/6874-1092c3b716d98184.js","3063","static/chunks/3063-d60ec0b08e19cd33.js","7698","static/chunks/7698-29ba5779557874ff.js","5801","static/chunks/app/podcast/%5BpodcastSlug%5D/%5BpodcastShortId%5D/%5BepisodeSlug%5D/%5BepisodeShortId%5D/page-b8b82ab127fe442b.js"],"default"] 1d:I[5163,["2266","static/chunks/870fdd6f-6bc796c30d2d789b.js","6874","static/chunks/6874-1092c3b716d98184.js","3063","static/chunks/3063-d60ec0b08e19cd33.js","7698","static/chunks/7698-29ba5779557874ff.js","5801","static/chunks/app/podcast/%5BpodcastSlug%5D/%5BpodcastShortId%5D/%5BepisodeSlug%5D/%5BepisodeShortId%5D/page-b8b82ab127fe442b.js"],"default"] 1e:T641,The committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack held its seventh public hearing Tuesday, focusing on the role right-wing extremist groups – such as the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers – played in planning the deadly siege.

It also featured testimony from Stephen Ayres, a former Ohio factory worker, who said he stormed the Capitol after President Trump suggested it because he believed Trump's claims that the election had been stolen.

And: President Trump attempted to call a witness in the Jan. 6 investigation following the last hearing on June 28 with Cassidy Hutchinson, the committee said.

This episode: White House correspondent Tamara Keith, congressional reporter Claudia Grisales, and justice correspondent Ryan Lucas.

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Jan. 6 Hearing: People Who Believed Trump Face Consequences. So Far, Trump Doesn't.

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