Armed with new videos, text messages and emails, the committee investigating the riots at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, has laid out its evidence for the American public. Here's what we learned.
, the bipartisan group hoped to turn its findings into must-watch TV, weaving nearly a year of work into a single storyline.
The first snippet aired featured the former US attorney-general William Barr disavowing his then boss's false claims of election fraud."I made it clear I did not agree with the idea of saying the election was stolen and putting out this stuff, which I told the president was bullshit."Despite knowing his allegations were baseless, Mr Trump went on to file — and ultimately lose — more than 60 spurious election lawsuits."In this country, that is the end of the line.
More than half a dozen former White House staff who were in the West Wing on the day would testify live or via pre-recorded video, she said.The committee said Mr Trump watched the chaos unfold on a television set up in the White House dining room. The public will also hear from the committee how he pressured the Department of Justice, the Department of Homeland Security and multiple state officials to meddle in the election.
The fifth hearing will zoom in on Mr Trump's dealings with state legislators, including further details of the call in which he told Georgia Republican secretary of state Brad Raffensperger "to find 11,780 votes". With its prime-time broadcast slot, the intent of these hearings was always to share as much evidence about the events of January 6 with as large an audience as possible.From text messages and emails to previously secret video recordings of witness testimony, the committee members had a slickly produced presentation for the audience.
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