On January 6th, 2021, our Nation’s Democratic Republic was challenged – became wounded – but is still standing in no small part due to the work of the January 6 Committee. This extraordinary, gripping NY Times account – the back story – of how the January 6 Committee came to be and how it discharged its duties/responsibilities. By any standard – any measuring stick – this story stands alone: there is none like it.
The Times takes the reader – all of us – on a journey through the unspeakable — from Speaker Pelosi’s key decisions and her clear-eyed guidance at critical moments, Chairman Bennie Thompson’s quiet, understated leadership with the gavel, Rep. Liz Cheney’s steeled principled tenacity, Jamie Raskin’s often daily “Master’s Class” on civics and the Constitution and much more.