Never said that, and it isn't true.
Ok my mistake. So you have watched the hearings? How much?
See, you do this thinking that they are honest, even though they proved that they wouldn't be right off the bat. Having a committee full of Trump haters, and you didn't see a problem with that?
If by "honesty", you mean "in good faith", I can answer. This point has been addressed ad nauseam, but I'll recap. The House, including 35 Republican representatives, wanted an
independent, bi-partisan commission to investigate Jan 6th. Republican senators killed that idea. They did this to lessen the perceived integrity and credibility of any eventual investigation, precisely so that it would be easier for some people - like yourself - to impugn the process. Congratulations on rewarding their obstruction.
Good faith score: Dems 1, GOP 0.
The bipartisan measure, approved by the House, failed to win enough votes to overcome a GOP filibuster. The plan called for an independent body styled on the one that investigated the 9/11 attacks.
www.npr.org
Then Pelosi said, ok, let's create a House Select Committee to investigate, the members of whom are initially nominated by their respective party leadership. McCarthy proposed:
- Indiana Rep. Jim Banks
- Illinois Rep. Rodney Davis
- Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan
- Rep. Kelly Armstrong of North Dakota
- Texas Rep. Troy Nehls
Banks, Jordan and Nehls all voted not to certify the election results. They are uncritical and unabashed Trump supporters. Jordan, in particular, is one of the people under investigation for Jan 6th. This is where it really went off the rails. You can't put people on a committee who are being investigated, or who likely complicit in the actions being investigated and are almost certain to disrupt the proceedings through grandstanding and irrelevant questioning (think Lindsay Graham in the Kavanaugh hearings). McCarthy knew that and knew that Pelosi would have to reject his nominees or weaken the ability of the committee to investigate. So once again the GOP engaged in obstruction. Despite that, the Committee was still able to get the third ranking GOP House member in Cheney, so making the best of a bad situation.
Good faith score: Dems 2, GOP 0.
They release only information that fits their agenda. People testifying for 8 hours, and they show you 30 seconds? Hello? But, no problem, right?
First off, you don't know that to be true. You are just assuming, unless you have access to unreleased testimony. Second, it's my understanding that all the testimony will be included in the final report, so nothing will be hidden from public view.
As for appointing people who dislike Trump, what's the problem? The FBI doesn't like criminals; that doesn't make them unsuited to investigating criminal activity. Given that Trump supporters tend to be uncritical of everything he does, do you believe that if they led an investigation they would dig deep, ask hard questions, really search for the truth? Do you?
In any case, you are still critisizing process not content. I don't have anything more on the process question.
Do you have any substantive criticism of the content of the hearings? I keep asking that question and not getting an answer.