Show Trials—Then and Now

(L–R) Rep. Stephanie Murphy (D-Fla.), Rep. Peter Aguilar (D-Calif.), Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), and Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), Chair of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol, listen during a hearing held on investigating the events of Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington on June 9, 2022. Win McNamee/Getty Images

Commentary

Power Line’s Scott Johnson quoted a TV Guide reporter who described the viewership of the first Jan. 6 House Select Committee’s prime-time television extravaganza as “decent.”