Leading the news: “President Trump called the mob, rallied the crowd and lit the flame,” said Vice President Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) Before drawing up a seven-point plan for the commission to publicly show that Trump tried to overthrow the 2020 election and prevent the transfer of power to President-elect Biden.

The last hearing, probably the most explosive, will focus on Trump’s specific actions as the violence unfolded.

Between the lines: It is intentional that Cheney handed over the most condemnatory evidence against the former president.

The commission wants Americans to see not only a Republican but also the daughter of a former Republican vice president, detailing Trump’s involvement and linking him directly to the Capitol attack.

The committee’s plan for 6 January is to support: What to watch … Cheney and President Benny Thompson (Miss) also reviewed new information about Trump and his inner circle, including:

Testimonials from Trump administration aides that the former president “did not really want” to withdraw the rioters, called on aides urging him to take action and said that protesters calling for the “hanging of Mike Pence” may have had the “right idea” ». Evidence that Trump’s aides knew he was “too dangerous to be alone” and had to be “cut off” from those who encouraged his stolen campaign claims. CCTV footage of former attorney general Bill Barr, former White House aides Ivanka Trump and Jared Kouchner, and former Trump campaign aide Jason Miller, who told reporters that did not steal, including her own campaign. Evidence shows how members of Trump’s cabinet thought of invoking the 25th Amendment after Jan. 6 to remove him from office.

Highlights at the committee hearing on 6 January Cheney: Cheney said many House Republicans have apologized to Trump for their roles in trying to overthrow the election.

He singled out spokesman Scott Perry (R-Penn.), Who refused to comply with the committee’s summons to testify.

Deposits: Barr appeared in detail for three discussions he had with Trump after November 3, 2020. “I told the president [his claims of fraud] it was bullshit and I did not want to be a part of it. “That’s one of the reasons I decided to leave when I did.”

Ivanka Trump: “I respect Attorney General Bar. I accepted what he said. “ Kouchner said he had faced threats from former White House adviser Pat Shipolone to resign over Trump’s calls to overthrow the election “just to whine.” Trump’s chief of staff, Mark Milley, commented in detail on a conversation with then-Trump’s chief of staff, Mark Meadows: ” the president is still in charge. “ Miller explained how experts told Trump “in quite crude words” in his data that “he would lose.”

Witnesses: U.S. Capitol Officer Caroline Edwards, who suffered a traumatic brain injury on Jan. 6, described being beaten violently, her head thrown on the Capitol steps, her unconscious, pepper sprayed and pepper thrown .

“I was gliding in people’s blood,” Edwards said. “It was a massacre. It was chaos. I can not even describe what I saw.” British director Nick Quested, who joined the far-right Proud Boys on January 6, said he was “confused” that “a few hundred Proud Boys were marching to the Capitol” before Trump’s speech began on January 6. since that was there to cover his team. The commission hinted that it was revealing that the group had gone to detect the Capitol’s facilities – indicating that the attack was premeditated.

What they say:

“Although some former Trump officials have said they did not expect the violence on January 6, the evidence shows the opposite, as you will see; the White House received specific reports in the days before January 6,” Cheney said. Cheney also issued a warning to her Republican colleagues: “I say this to my Republican colleagues: There will come a time when Donald Trump will leave, but your dishonesty will remain.

The big question: What kind of legislative action does the commission ultimately seek and who does Biden’s Justice Ministry decide to prosecute?

MP Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), President of the Congress Progressive Caucus, told Axios and other journalists that “absolutely” criminal charges should be brought against Trump and others “involved in the conspiracy.” “Anyone who was part of this conspiracy, pushing for the presidency, who knew exactly what was going on and was involved in facilitating it, should be brought to justice. “They must be prosecuted.”

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