# Jan 6 Hearings Follow-Along & Commentary Thread (Starts Jun 9, 2022) **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [June 9, 2022, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940 "2022-06-09T22:34:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 55
**Author:** ![Lance\_Turbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lance_turbo/32/6156_2.png) [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2022, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/1081 "2022-06-28T20:04:30Z")
Cassidy Huchinson is 25! I was definitely not together enough at that age to do one tenth of what she’s done. I’m very impressed. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2022, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/1082 "2022-06-28T20:06:02Z")
I remember first hearing about the ‘you can’t answer any questions if you want to plead the fifth’ during the OJ trial. It was hard for the prosecution to come back from: “Did you plant the evidence in the truck?” “I plead the fifth.” ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2022, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/1083 "2022-06-28T20:07:26Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Generally, when testifying in court or at depositions, you don’t get to pick-and-choose which questions you will answer. If you want to take the Fifth, you must take the Fifth for ALL questions, not just some of them. Once you answer a question, you waive the Fifth and cannot use it again. I hate to call ‘cite’, but I’ve never heard this. You invoke the Fifth in response to a question whose answer would incriminate you. Having answered one that wouldn’t make no sense as a precedent: “Are you John Doe”? “Yes”. “Did you murder her?” “I invoke the Fifth!” “Sorry, too late, you answered _one question_, neener!” ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2022, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/1084 "2022-06-28T20:11:35Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > **Procrustus** has a better explanation, with a cite, a few posts above. Does it matter in what order the questions are asked? “Were you in the room the decedent was murdered in?” “I take the fifth.” “What is your favorite color?” “Red-- no, no! Blu-u-u-ue!” ---
**Author:** ![zimaane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a3d4f5/32.png) [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2022, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/1085 "2022-06-28T20:16:02Z")
Took him less time to respond to Cassidy Hutchinson than it did for him to respond to the rioters at the Capitol. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2022, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/1086 "2022-06-28T20:20:23Z")
I just dropped in for a minute on Fox, where Bret Beier was talking to the anchor (whose name escapes me). Beier gave a pretty straight-forward assessment: that the details of Trump’s actions were the most compelling, and he described them as (I believe) “unhinged”. he did say that much of Cassidy’s story was second-hand, which was true. The anchor then tried to tie it to Nancy Pelosi, naturally --like, if they knew in advance that it was going to be violent why didn’t Nancy beef up Capitol security. ---
**Author:** ![Win\_Place\_Show](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/win_place_show/32/13469_2.png) [@Win\_Place\_Show](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Win_Place_Show)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2022, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/1087 "2022-06-28T20:21:43Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > why didn’t Nancy beef up Capitol security. I believe this bullshit talking point has been debunked over and over again, correct? > **[Pelosi did not block the National Guard from the Capitol on Jan. 6](https://apnews.com/article/fact-checking-235651652542)** > > On Tuesday, a false claim about the deadly Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol resurfaced suggesting that Pelosi blocked the National Guard from coming to lawmakers’ defense during the insurrection at the Capitol. “As Speaker of the House, Pelosi does not direct the National Guard. Further, as the Capitol came under attack, she and the Senate Majority leader called for military assistance, including the National Guard.” ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2022, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/1088 "2022-06-28T20:22:40Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > What information that was revealed today was “recently obtained” (by the Committee)? Cassidy Huchinson got rid of her Trump toady lawyer and got her own lawyer. So now she is no longer being directed what to say. That’s the new stuff, she wanted to speak more openly this time. And she literally took the gloves off and hit hard. 💪 ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2022, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/1089 "2022-06-28T20:25:47Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > Does it matter in what order the questions are asked? > > “Were you in the room the decedent was murdered in?” > “I take the fifth.” > “What is your favorite color?” > “Red-- no, no! Blu-u-u-ue!” No. But you do have to be careful not to answer something that’s going to constitute a waiver. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2022, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/1090 "2022-06-28T20:28:19Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > Unfortunately this testimony might actually help him. Many of his followers felt abandoned by Trump’s not keeping his promise to march with them up to the capitol. Now they see that he did everything he could to keep his promise. You called it right; Headline now on Fox News website: " [Trump lunged at Secret Service agent after being told he couldn’t go to Capitol on Jan 6, ex-aide says] ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2022, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/1091 "2022-06-28T20:29:55Z")
> [@"Senegoid](#): > > Intimidating a witness (or worse) is generally more effective when done _before_ the witness testifies than _after_. One would expect that she will also be called to testify in the DOJ’s hopefully upcoming criminal trial. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2022, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/1092 "2022-06-28T20:30:29Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > No. But you do have to be careful not to answer something that’s going to constitute a waiver. So you may selectively plead the Fifth, but if you answered the subject earlier then the Fifth would have been waived. If you are asked a question not relating to the waived subject, you can still plead. Right? ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2022, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/1093 "2022-06-28T20:32:24Z")
Wait, first he appeared to abandon his followers and let them go to the Capitol and face consequences for their actions all by themselves, and they did not care. So now it looks like he “tried” to go with them but was stopped, and now they are embracing him harder? ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2022, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/1094 "2022-06-28T20:36:24Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > I remember first hearing about the ‘you can’t answer any questions if you want to plead the fifth’ during the OJ trial. It was hard for the prosecution to come back from: “Did you plant the evidence in the truck?” “I plead the fifth.” I thought there were different rules depending on where, or to whom, you are testifying. The “you answered one question, so you’ve waived the right and must answer all” is only for testimony before a grand jury. To be fair, I am getting my information from an episode of _The Rockford Files_, so wouldn’t put too much faith in it. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2022, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/1095 "2022-06-28T20:36:37Z")
Is it over for the day? ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2022, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/1096 "2022-06-28T20:37:43Z")
yes, they ended about 3pm eastern. on to next month. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2022, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/1097 "2022-06-28T20:38:06Z")
Mick Mulvaney just jumped off the Trump train. > **[Mick Mulvaney Turns on Trump and Predicts Things Will ‘Get Worse’ After...](https://www.mediaite.com/politics/former-trump-chief-of-staff-predicts-things-will-get-worse-for-ex-boss-after-explosive-testimony-its-always-the-coverup/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter)** > > The former Trump chief of staff predicted things will be only "get worse" for the ex-president after the stunning testimony from Cassidy Hutchinson. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2022, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/1098 "2022-06-28T20:40:03Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Intimidating a witness (or worse) is generally more effective when done _before_ the witness testifies than _after_. A MAGA doesn’t know that. And besides, it’s revenge. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2022, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/1099 "2022-06-28T20:41:10Z")
> [@Win\_Place\_Show](#): > > As Speaker of the House, Pelosi does not direct the National Guard. Further, as the Capitol came under attack, she and the Senate Majority leader called for military assistance, including the National Guard. The general BS account I hear is that Nancy (not sure why Mitch doesn’t get blamed as well) should have had more Capital Police on hand at the beginning. Not sure what the numbers were relative to total headcount, and of course I don’t think anyone really thought Trump was going to unleash a mob. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2022, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940/1100 "2022-06-28T20:47:46Z")
> [@Lance\_Turbo](#): > > Cassidy Huchinson is 25! > > I was definitely not together enough at that age to do one tenth of what she’s done. I’m very impressed. I was trying to balance my checkbook. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940.md?page=54) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-hearings-follow-along-commentary-thread-starts-jun-9-2022/965940.md?page=56)