The committee alleged Donald Trump was directly involved in attempts to reverse election results.
Two weeks ago, there was considerable speculation about how the congressional committee investigating the 6 January attack on the US Capitol would be received by the American public.
In the meantime, here are some key takeaways from more than 12 hours of hearings held by the committee so far.A minor dispute erupted last week when the committee chairman, Democrat Bennie Thompson, said his committee was not going to make any criminal referrals to the US Justice Department based on the investigation.
The hearings have been structured in the mould of a prosecution in a court trial presenting its case. Of course, there is one key difference between these hearings and a criminal trial. Mr Trump and his supporters have had no opportunity to offer their defence. "There is nowhere I feel safe," Ms Freeman said. "The president of the United States is supposed to represent every American, not to target one".
Republican officeholders in Georgia and Arizona appeared to discuss Mr Trump's efforts to pressure them to take steps to reverse Mr Biden's victory in their states. Georgia Secretary of State Brian Raffensperger spoke in detail about a nearly hour-long phone call during which the president urged him to "find" the votes necessary to put him ahead in the state's vote tally.
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