Jan. 6 hearings live updates: Panel witness remembers 'carnage' and 'chaos' at the Capitol

The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol holds its first public hearing. — The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol holds its first public hearing to reveal the findings of a year-long investigation, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 9, 2022.

U.S. Capitol Police Officer Caroline Edwards, who was injured by rioters storming the Capitol grounds, offered vivid testimony at Thursday's hearing, recalling the violent scene she saw: "It was carnage, it was chaos," and one that she and other officers were not trained for. "That day it was just hours and hours of hand-to-hand combat," she said.

In opening statements, committee members have put former President Donald Trump squarely at the center of a conspiracy over election fraud that led to the deadly riot that day.

Trump earlier that day “spurred a mob of domestic enemies of the constitution” to march to the Capitol and “subvert American democracy,” said Rep. Bennie Thompson, the panel's top Democrat. “January 6 was the culmination of an attempted coup."

Opening statement: Rep. Liz Cheney, the panel's vice chair, revealed that Trump had expressed support for rioters' calls to hang Pence.
Video footage: Thompson played a clip of former Attorney General Bill Barr saying that referring to the 2020 election as stolen was "b*******," and that he told the former president that.
Who the panel wanted to talk to: In addition to live witnesses, the first hearing also has featured video clips from recorded interviews the panel has conducted during its nearly 11-month investigation. Here's who the House panel has wanted to hear from during its 10-month investigation. Some have cooperated, some have not.