Capitol attack: House inquiry places Trump at ‘center’ of ‘coup attempt’

Attack on the Capitol “The culmination of a coup attempt”: One and a half years after this historic day, the Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry began on Thursday to uncover Donald Trump’s full responsibility for the January 6, 2021 attack. , During the most anticipated trials.

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A man with buffalo horns roams the halls of the US Congress, elected officials crawling on the ground with gas masks … Protesters besiege Congress headquarters after former president’s encouragement, President Benny Thompson announces commission to launch so-called “January 6” campaign to thwart the outcome of the 2020 presidential election At the beginning of a series of trials to be proved.

“January 6 is the culmination of a coup attempt,” said Benny Thompson. Donald Trump was at the center of this conspiracy.

For nearly a year, a panel of elected officials — seven Democrats and two Republicans — listened to more than 1,000 witnesses, including two children of the former president, and examined 140,000 documents to shed light on Donald Trump’s specific facts and gestures. Before and after this event that rocked American democracy.

Text messages and tweets

Text messages, videos and tweets in support of the former president, elected officials began to present different views put forward by the former president and his entourage to change the course of the 2020 presidential election, until the storm hit the Capitol on January 6, 2021. .

On this cold winter day, thousands of his supporters gathered in Washington to condemn the failed 2020 election results of the former real estate tycoon. A mob besieged the headquarters of the US Congress, sending shock waves around the world.

Capitol Police Officer Carolyn Edwards, the “first member of law enforcement injured by rioters” on January 6, as well as documentary writer Nick Questet, pursued far-right militants known as the “Brute Boys” during the attack. , Must testify during this hearing.

President Joe Biden said Thursday that many Americans will find out “for the first time” what really happened on January 6th.

The trial is being aired on a number of news channels, but has been avoided by the more conservative media, which is a new example of the deep political line that divides the United States.

Not “legal”

One and a half years after the attack on the Capitol, millions of Donald Trump supporters firmly believe that the 2020 election was marred by fraud. Despite the overwhelming evidence to the contrary.

The main interested party, Donald Trump, once again praised this day on Thursday, promising that the attack on Capitol Hill was “the biggest movement in history to make America big again.”

Despite the real threats, the parliamentary committee considers its mission essential to ensure that one of the darkest chapters in American history does not recur.

“Our democracy is still in danger. The conspiracy to oppose the will of the people is not over, ”Penny Thompson warned.

The parliamentary inquiry, therefore, faces a great challenge in presenting evidence of a story capable of attracting the attention of the general public and convincing them of the significance of its revelations.

But a majority of Republicans reject its work, with Kevin McCarthy, the House’s Conservative leader, denouncing the decree as “the most political and least legitimate in American history.”

His party did worse than expected from opinion polls, which saw them at gaining about a third of the seats in the by-elections in November.