Some abandoned the attack on the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021 or try to do this and turn the page. There are Republicans, conservatives and ultras who continue to minimize or discredit the significance and seriousness of what happened. conspiracy theories about the facts and Joe Biden wins the presidential election, whose results Congress had to approve that day. for him special committee of the lower house However, it is vital that those investigating this attack not only remember but also be cleared of responsibility.
This Thursday, in a public hearing surrounded by expectation and busy time by practically all public and cable television stations in the country (but not by conservative FoxNews) the committee was strong: this attack, as condemned bennie thompson, panel chair, “It was the culmination of a coup attempt” and “Donald Trump was at the center of this conspiracy”inciting aggression and violence through repeated and discredited accusations allegation of election fraud.
Proud Children and Oath Keepers
“Basically US president addresses an audience of national enemies of the Constitution He assured the Democratic congressman from Mississippi to “walk to the Capitol and overthrow American democracy”. He also asked Americans not to get lost in legal jargon about provocative conspiracies (he’s already been charged for it). to the supremacists proud kids and anti-government militias Oath Keepers), obstruction of official prosecution, or conspiracy to defraud the United States and understand the basis of what happened. “a brazen attempt to overthrow the government“The violence was not an accident. represented Trump’s last cartridgeThe most desperate attempt to try to disrupt the transfer of power.”
The Commission’s effort is to put forward more than words, accusations that could lead the Department of Justice to commit or bring charges against the panel’s unauthorized actions. And to do that, in the time they’ve worked for months, almost It examined a thousand interviews and approximately 140,000 documents. Although information is given periodically, five television images (Monday morning and throughout June, it will continue until the next at the end of the month) busy time) intends to present to the public what has been discovered so far. Also, to keep alert in the face of danger As Thompson denounced, “a conspiracy to subvert the will of the people” is “not finished.”
“The President lit the fire”
This Thursday’s session met expectations, or at least with the committee’s intention to make clear the elements that led them to point to Trump. they trusted previously unreleased material, including a 10-minute video and the testimonies are alive from both a police officer who was attacked and the filmmaker who shot a documentary about the Proud Boys that day. And who has drawn the map of what will be presented? Liz Cheney, vice chair of the committee and one of two Republicans out of nine members.
“The President summoned the masses, gathered the masses and lit the fire of this attack.”, condemned the congress member, who also had a message to his party colleagues, who rejected and punished him. “There will come a day when Donald Trump will be history, but your shame will remain” to their continued support for “big lie”.
This Thursday, Americans, for example, former Attorney General William Barr, He told investigators that in three meetings with Trump after the election, he explained to him that the corruption charges had no basis. “I told the president it was total crap”, Barr testified and said these allegations were “totally ridiculous” and “crazy” and, along with them, did “great damage to the country”.
Ivanka Trump during the first hearing of the commission investigating the attack on the Capitol. / ADP / Drew Angerer
Ivanka Trump’s ‘confession’
They could also see To Ivanka Trump, His daughter and the adviser to the Republican in the White House announced before investigators that his respect for Barr had made him admit that his father had lost the election, and that he had informed Trump of other advisers who had confirmed there was no fraud.
There have been new revelations like Cheney’s. At least two Republican congressmen have asked the White House for presidential pardons in the weeks after the attack on Capitol Hill. before possible charges for his involvement in attempts to reverse the election results.
Cheney also persisted during the attack. Trump made no appeals to either the Department of Defense or national security agencies. An accusation that confirms a video of court-presented testimony to try to end the violence General Mark Milley He is also the Chief of Defense Staff.or the White House pushed those calls to “change its narrative,” as Vice President Mike Pence.
Violence and Trump’s response
In fact, Cheney said the committee knew that Trump was celebrating violence. When he learned that the attackers were shouting to hang Mike Pence, the President replied: maybe our followers have the right idea. (Pence) He deserves it.”
This Thursday, the former president redoubled his defiance with a statement in which he assured: “January 6 was not just a protest, it represented the largest movement in our country’s history to make America great again.”
Source: Informacion
