By Matthew E. Milliken
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June 29, 2022
The House Select Committee to Investigate the Jan. 6 Attack on the Capitol has held six public hearings to date, with more expected in the coming weeks. I have listened to nearly every minute of the live hearings, and it’s been an interesting experience.
Even as the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrectionist riot at the Capitol unfolded, it was clear to nearly every rational, fair-minded person that then-President Donald Trump had deliberately incited a mob to interrupt Congress’s receipt of Electoral College votes — essentially the final step in ratifying Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 presidential election. But Trump is an undisciplined man who prefers seat-of-the-pants improvisation. It was hard to be sure to what degree Trump had encouraged supporters to attend that morning’s so-called Stop the Steal rally and then directed them at the Capitol, as opposed to simply capitalizing on a toxic situation set up by others without his advance knowledge.
The House Select Committee hearings have revealed beyond the shadow of a reasonable doubt that all of Trump’s actions between Election Night in November and the day of the riot were part of a coordinated effort. Allies, including Trump’s hand-picked attorney general, Bill Barr, and campaign manager, Bill Stepien, repeatedly told the president that no fraud of a scope significant enough to affect the election’s outcome had been detected, despite multiple investigations.
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