Lawmakers are invited to attend premiere in Washington on Jan. 9 in a screening hosted by Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.)
A new documentary from The Epoch Times on the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol breach will be screened to lawmakers at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 9.
The documentary, “The Real Story of Jan. 6 Part 2,” explores how Jan. 6 and its lingering effects have changed America.
The event will be hosted by Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), who praised the documentary in a comment to The Epoch Times.
“The full story of what actually happened on Jan. 6 has yet to be told,” Mr. Johnson said.
“There are so many questions that haven’t even been asked, much less answered. The Epoch Times’ documentaries make a serious and valuable contribution to the public’s right to know the truth.”
Mr. Johnson will be joined at the screening by Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) and other lawmakers from both chambers of Congress.
Jan. 6 remains highly controversial, shrouded in political rhetoric and partisan framing.
Democrats argue that the event constituted an attempted “insurrection,” and an “attack on democracy” organized and driven by President Donald Trump.
Republicans have argued that it was at most a small-scale riot and one potentially driven forward by law enforcement provocateurs.
The documentary, researched and narrated by senior investigative reporter Joe Hanneman, is the sequel to Mr. Hanneman’s original documentary “The Real Story of Jan. 6.”
In that installment, Mr. Hanneman and EpochTV “Crossroads” host Joshua Phillips explored the events of Jan. 6, investigating mysterious deaths, police misconduct, and Capitol security’s unpreparedness to handle the crowd that day.
The second installment, released on the third anniversary of the rally, focuses on its lingering effects on U.S. jurisprudence, due process rights, and those caught in the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) sweeping manhunt in the aftermath of the rally—the largest ever undertaken by the department.
Mr. Hanneman said that after he investigated the DOJ and FBI response, it became clear to him that the Jan. 6 participants and their families are victims of the “weaponization of the federal government.”
By Joseph Lord
