::THE SLICE REPORT WITH MONA AUSTIN

By Mona Austin Five years after the U.S. Capitol was raided by right-winged protestors seeking to overturn the 2020 election results, in a clear partisan divide, Democratic lawmakers are still fighting to "shed the truth" about the attack. Hakeem Jeffries, the House Minority Leader held a special hearing Tuesday, themed "Setting the Record Straight on the Capitol Insurrection." Various lawmakers, members of the Jan. 6 select committee and others with first hand experience on that dreadful day recounted what they saw as pain still lingers. Speakers testified about multifaceted aspects of the day from the prolonged response for security reinforcement to horror in the gallery and thr attemlted wrasure of it all. Texas Congresswoman Escobar admitted that talki g about the breach was triggering Hank Johnson the Georgia Democrat shared that qhen thw violence entered the gallery he , "While in survival mode. I thoight of jumping to the House floor..." he als...