Jan. 6 committee uses new footage to link Trump with violence at the Capitol

In never-before-seen footage shown during the Jan. 6 committee's public hearing on Thursday night, Proud Boys and other supporters of former President Donald Trump are shown gathering on Jan. 6, 2021, at the National Mall, with a woman telling the videographer, "I am not allowed to say what is going on today, everyone is going to have to watch for themselves, but it's going to happen. Something is going to happen."

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.