The Jan. 6 committee on Tuesday plans to demonstrate how right-wing militia groups who led the assault on the Capitol were connected to key Trump allies at the center of the plot to overturn the 2020 election.
Pro-Trump supporters on the steps of the Capitol in Washington after a rally with President Donald Trump on Jan. 6, 2021.July 12, 2022, 12:42 AM UTCThe Jan. 6 committee on Tuesday plans to demonstrate how right-wing militia groups that led the assault on the U.S. Capitol were connected to key Trump allies, including Roger Stone and Michael Flynn, who were at the center of the plot to overturn the 2020 election.
Aides said the hearing will also reveal ties between some Trump associates and the QAnon movement, which subscribes to a set of bizarre, sometimes antisemitic conspiracy theories in which Trump is viewed as a savior fighting the evil forces of the deep state. of Ohio, who posted the former president’s tweet encouraging supporters to go to Washington on Jan. 6 before he stormed the Capitol. Ayres pleaded guilty last month to disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building, but he has not been sentenced.
Another hearing that had been expected to be held in prime time Thursday has been postponed until next week. That hearing is still expected to focus on what Trump was doing while the Capitol was under attack.
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