Rep. Peter King's much-anticipated first hearing on "radicalization" among American Muslims is happening right now. We'll be updating this post with developments as long as it lasts. C-Span is live-streaming the hearing here.
For some background, check out some of our past coverage: civil liberties groups voiced concern that King is running a witch hunt; King's past support for the terrorist IRA came under scrutiny; and King backed off some more controversial anti-Muslim witnesses after criticism.
1:50 The hearing ends with a brief statement from Rep. Thomas Marino (R-PA) defending the hearing itself (he also invokes the inevitable "I have many friends who are Muslims" line). Indeed, much of the hearing was taken up arguing about the propriety of the hearing. Marino also assures a Democratic colleague that he would be on board with a similar hearing about the KKK and Christian terrorism in the future.