- Kevin McCarthy tore into the January 6 committee Monday for hiring former ABC News President James Goldston to produce their primetime hearings
- ‘The Democrats have turned to the former ABC News exec, under whose leadership ABC spiked a story on Jeffrey Epstein, to choreograph their Jan 6 political theatre’
- He posted an old tweet from 2019 of a letter he wrote demanding answers
- McCarthy claims Goldston’s outlet ‘quashed’ a story that ‘enabled’ Epstein
- The Capitol riot committee reportedly recruited Goldston to make their presentation starting 8pm Thursday into a ‘blockbuster investigative special’
- It’s the first of six hearings where lawmakers will seek to contextualize the riot in Donald Trump and his allies’ wider efforts to overturn the 2020 election results
- Evidence includes never-before-seen White House photos from January 6
- They’re also expected to show pre-taped depositions from witnesses
- Meanwhile Republicans are gearing up for a slew of counter-programming