J6 will take a “journalistic approach” to chronicling the insurrection.

“The goal was to do a ground-level view of a momentous day,” Ray told Deadline.

“It’s about protesters who became rioters and cops who became defenders of democracy.

Billy Ray, Adam McKay

Billy Ray and Adam McKay.Todd Williamson/Getty; Taylor Hill/FilmMagic

Someone else can tell the story of the chaos at the White House on that day.

I wanted to stay in the trenches.”

“I was at the U.S Capitol on Jan. 6 with cameras,” Hoback told Deadline.

Billy’s journalistic approach will make it more difficult for opportunistic politicians and pundits to rewrite history."