With the public hearings starting today, the House Select Committee on the January 6 inquiry targets former President Donald Trump and prepares to use its platform to claim responsibility for serious abuses of power that nearly toppled the republic. The following is an analysis of what the commission – and the press – revealed about Trump’s leadership role in the anti-democratic plan and how it all fits into ongoing criminal investigations: Trump’s reversal before Jan. 6, 2021: The commission interviewed officials from Michigan and Georgia, among other states, where Trump tried unsuccessfully to mislead local officials to overturn Biden’s vote and oust Biden. . Trump also sought to recruit senior Justice Department officials to assist in those efforts. Lawmakers have also dug into the plot of the “fake voters,” led by Trump campaign officials and attempting to undermine the Electoral College process in December 2020. Congressional investigators have received hundreds of emails from right-wing lawyer John Eastman, who directly advised Trump to follow legally dubious methods to stay in power. That included a plan for then-Vice President Mike Pence to give Trump the Jan. 6 election as he chaired a joint congressional hearing to confirm Biden’s victory in the Electoral College. In another victory for the committee, the judge in Eastman’s political case said Tuesday that the potentially criminal plot between Trump and Eastman to disrupt the Electoral College proceedings was formed in December 2020, weeks earlier than previously thought. The decision paves the way for the committee to receive additional emails that Eastman has sought to keep secret. Trump and his allies made these efforts and promoted the “Big Lie,” even after top officials, including then-Attorney General Bill Barr, told him the election results were legal and that he had lost. Even Eastman acknowledged in an email at the time that his plans were not legally sound. Lawmakers said that suggests Trump was in a corrupt state of mind. “The data will be imperative by the committee,” Denver Riglman, a former lawmaker who was a Republican adviser to the committee, told CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360 °” last week. “I think it’s up to the American people, once presented, to decide – using facts, not fantasies or opinions – about what the responsibility of the President and the people around him is.” Trump, Eastman and other Republicans in attendance denied any wrongdoing. Trump’s representatives did not respond to a request for comment on this story. Trump’s resignation during the Capitol Uprising: As soon as Trump failed to prevent the states from certifying their results, he began focusing on January 6, 2021, as his last chance to seize power. The events of that tragic day are well known, but the committee will try to bring home a clear narrative of chaos: Trump knew his supporters could become violent, but he urged them anyway and he was abandoned when he did not. did try to stop the violence. “They were warned that Jan. 6 could, and probably will, be violent,” Wyoming MP Liz Cheney, the Republican vice-chairwoman of the committee, told a committee hearing in March. Pence officials were so worried before Jan. 6, 2021, that they warned U.S. intelligence that Trump could launch violence against him because he was unwilling to overthrow the election, according to the New York Times. (The Secret Service has since claimed that it “does not know” about this conversation.) Prominent Republican officials and right-wing media outlets knew in real time that only Trump could withdraw the mob and end the deadly massacre at the Capitol, according to text messages sent by Trump allies to Trump’s chief of staff. Meadows. on January 6th. CNN received the texts after it partially complied with the summons to deliver the messages. Despite these calls, according to committee members, Trump spent 187 minutes during the uprising watching TV and working on the phones, seemingly pleased with how his supporters were fighting for him at the Capitol. He reacted positively when he learned that some of the rioters were shouting “hang Mike Pence”, according to a testimony the committee received from a Meadows aide. To zero in on those critical hours inside the White House, the panel interviewed people who were there with Trump that day, including Ivanka Trump’s daughter and Jared Kouchner’s son-in-law. Excerpts from their videotaped testimonies are likely to be played at public hearings for the first time �� which are just some of the necessary details that lawmakers have teased. Read more about research here.
title: “Trump Attacks January 6 Commission With His Usual Lie About The 2020 Elections " ShowToc: true date: “2022-10-30” author: “Kevin Rhoades”
With the public hearings starting today, the House Select Committee on the January 6 inquiry targets former President Donald Trump and prepares to use its platform to claim responsibility for serious abuses of power that nearly overthrew the US Republic. The following is an analysis of what the commission – and the press – revealed about Trump’s leadership role in the anti-democratic plan and how it all fits into ongoing criminal investigations: Trump’s reversal before Jan. 6, 2021: The commission interviewed officials from Michigan and Georgia, among other states, where Trump tried unsuccessfully to mislead local officials to overturn Biden’s vote and oust Biden. . Trump also sought to recruit senior Justice Department officials to assist in those efforts. Lawmakers have also dug into the plot of the “fake voters,” led by Trump campaign officials and attempting to undermine the Electoral College process in December 2020. Congressional investigators have received hundreds of emails from right-wing lawyer John Eastman, who directly advised Trump to follow legally dubious methods to stay in power. That included a plan for then-Vice President Mike Pence to give Trump the Jan. 6 election as he chaired a joint congressional hearing to confirm Biden’s victory in the Electoral College. In another victory for the committee, the judge in Eastman’s political case said Tuesday that the potentially criminal plot between Trump and Eastman to disrupt the Electoral College proceedings was formed in December 2020, weeks earlier than previously thought. The decision paves the way for the committee to receive additional emails that Eastman has sought to keep secret. Trump and his allies made these efforts and promoted the “Big Lie,” even after top officials, including then-Attorney General Bill Barr, told him the election results were legal and that he had lost. Even Eastman acknowledged in an email at the time that his plans were not legally sound. Lawmakers said that suggests Trump was in a corrupt state of mind. “The data will be imperative by the committee,” Denver Riglman, a former lawmaker who was a Republican adviser to the committee, told CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360 °” last week. “I think it’s up to the American people, once presented, to decide – using facts, not fantasies or opinions – about what the responsibility of the President and the people around him is.” Trump, Eastman and other Republicans in attendance denied any wrongdoing. Trump’s representatives did not respond to a request for comment on this story. Trump’s resignation during the Capitol Uprising: As soon as Trump failed to prevent the states from certifying their results, he began focusing on January 6, 2021, as his last chance to seize power. The events of that tragic day are well known, but the committee will try to bring home a clear narrative of chaos: Trump knew his supporters could become violent, but he urged them anyway and he was abandoned when he did not. did try to stop the violence. “They were warned that Jan. 6 could, and probably will, be violent,” Wyoming MP Liz Cheney, the Republican vice-chairwoman of the committee, told a committee hearing in March. Pence executives were so worried before Jan. 6, 2021, that they warned the US Secret Service that Trump could launch violence against him because he was not prepared to overthrow the election, according to the New York Times. (The Secret Service has since claimed that it “does not know” about this conversation.) Prominent Republican officials and right-wing media outlets knew in real time that only Trump could withdraw the mob and end the deadly massacre at the Capitol, according to text messages sent by Trump allies to Trump’s chief of staff. Meadows. on January 6th. CNN received the texts after it partially complied with the summons to deliver the messages. Despite these calls, according to committee members, Trump spent 187 minutes during the uprising watching TV and working on the phones, seemingly pleased with how his supporters were fighting for him at the Capitol. He reacted positively when he learned that some of the rioters were shouting “hang Mike Pence”, according to a testimony the committee received from a Meadows aide. To zero in on those critical hours inside the White House, the panel interviewed people who were there with Trump that day, including Ivanka Trump’s daughter and Jared Kouchner’s son-in-law. Excerpts from their videotaped testimonies are likely to be played at public hearings for the first time – which are just some of the necessary details that lawmakers have teased. Read more about research here.
