Five questions that hang over the Jan. 6 committee’s public hearings

The biggest moment of the Jan. 6 House Select Committee’s existence is about to arrive. On Thursday evening, the panel will hold the first of its televised hearings. The event will take place in prime time and be broadcast by almost every major network and news channel. For some, it will be the most dramatic congressional investigation since the Watergate hearings a half-century ago. Others — committed supporters of former President Trump, in particular — will li