Chairman Benny Thompson (D-Miss.) and Vice Chairman Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) led the January campaign. 6 Committee hearing held in July. Photo: Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images
House Jane. 6 The special committee released its long-awaited final report on Thursday, which included detailed evidence Compiled by the group linked to the deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Why it matters: The report most clearly shows what happened before, during and after One of the most important events in American history.
What are they saying:”Our country has gone too far to allow a failed president to turn himself into a A successful tyrant for all Americans,” panel chair Benny Thompson (R-D.) said in a foreword to the report.
- The panel estimates that between the November election and the Jan. 6 insurrection, former President Trump or his inner circle “engaged in at least 200 apparent public or private acts of outreach, pressure, or condemnation,” the report said. , targeting state legislators or state or local election administrators to overturn state election results.”
- It noted that “Donald Trump’s actions” were “the legitimate outcome of supporting a multi-party conspiracy to overturn the 2020 presidential election.”
Between the lines: Tucked away near the end of January. The reports of the six committees listed 11 recommendations.
- That includes pursuing criminal and civil liability for those accused of wrongdoing in January. 6 Report and ask Congress to use the 14th Amendment to establish a formal mechanism to bar individuals from future office.
big picture: The report follows a months-long investigation into the Capitol riots and preserves the panel’s findings ahead of Republicans taking control of the House of Representatives next year and Jan. 1. 6 panels disbanded.
- The committee voted Monday to transfer at least four criminal charges to the Justice Department, including insurrection and obstruction of a formal congressional process.
- It also released transcripts of 34 witness statements on Wednesday, including from former Trump attorney John Eastman and Trump’s acting assistant attorney general, Jeffrey Clark.
background: The panel has said it plans to release a final report by the end of the year, but the scope of the report — and how much it will focus on Trump — remains uncertain.
Noteworthy: House Republicans are secretly conspiring to release their own 100-plus-page rebuttal to dismiss the select committee report as partisan.
- Representatives for Trump did not immediately respond to Axios’ comments.
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deeper: Democrats were alarmed by Cheney’s focus on Trump on Jan. 1. 6 reports
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