A man with buffalo horns roaming the halls of the U.S. Congress, elected officials crawling on the ground with gas masks … the attack on the Capitol by Donald Trump supporters on January 6, 2021 marked history. But a year and a half later, an important question remains unanswered: what exactly is the role of the former president?
After nearly a year of investigation, a parliamentary commission will unveil its first conclusions on Thursday.
At a hearing scheduled for Thursday at 8:00 pm, the commission said from January 6 will reveal how the excitement is today is the result of a concerted campaign to reverse the result of the 2020 presidential election and prevent the transfer of power from Donald Trump to Joe Bidenannounced the parliamentary source.
We will once again immerse the American people in the reality of this violence, we will remember how horrible it ishe assured.
For nearly a year, this group of elected officials – 7 Democrats and 2 Republicans – heard more than 1,000 witnesses, including the former president’s two sons, and went through 140,000 documents to shed light on the Donald’s action. Trump and his entourage before, during, and after this event that shook American democracy.
SMS, official documents and supporting videos, a series of lawyers and key witnesses will show the various scenarios that Donald Trump and his entourage intended to reverse the course of the 2020 presidential election, right up to the attack. at the Capitol on January 6, 2021.
On this cold winter day, under a sky full of heavy clouds, thousands of Donald Trump supporters gathered in Washington to denounce the election result that defeated the Republican billionaire.
After hearing the President’s invitation to them walk to the capitola crowd stormed the U.S. Congress headquarters, sending shock waves around the world.
Capitol Police officer Caroline Edwards the first member of law enforcement to be injured by rioters on Jan. 6, as well as a documentary author, Nick Quested, whose team documented the attack, will be the first witness at this hearing.
A sign of the importance the commission wants to give to its revelations, the first hearing was arranged in prime time. It continues to be broadcast on many news channels, but is avoided by Fox News, the favorite channel of conservatives – another illustration of the deep political fault line that has divided the United States since January 6.
Since a year and a half after the attack on the Capitol, millions of Donald Trump supporters remain firmly convinced that the 2020 election is tainted by fraud. And this, despite so much evidence to the contrary.
The commission also promised Jan. 6 to expose the continuing threat to American democracywhich will hold midterm elections in November.
The idea is to show with a pattern that began before the election, until January 6 2021. This model continues to this daydetermined by a parliamentary source.
Supporters of the commission say its work is crucial to ensure that one of the darkest stages in American history is never repeated.
Witch hunter
But with a majority of Republicans criticizing the work of this group of elected officials, the main interested party Donald Trump criticizes a witch hunting.
The Republican Party, where the iron hand remains, has already promised to bury its work if it gets controlled in the House of Representatives during the mid-term legislative elections.
Parliamentary inquiry is therefore faced with a major challenge, the telling of a story, evidence, capable of capturing the attention of the general public and convincing it of the importance of its revelations.
Because if the pictures of this event are still vivid, opinion surveys place this investigation very low on the list of concerns of American households, far removed from inflation or the price of gasoline.
Five other hearings, throughout the month of June, will complete the presentation Thursday.
France Media Agency
Source: Radio-Canada
