The committee investigating the attack on the United States Capitol in 2021 revealed this Thursday (9) that former President Donald Trump was behind a “coup attempt” to preserve power.
In a televised session on the findings of the investigation, the special committee is trying to convince a divided country of the existence of an ongoing conspiracy led by Trump to reverse the outcome of the 2020 election, won by Joe Biden.
“President Trump gathered the crowd, gathered the crowd, and ignited the flame of this attack,” Liz Cheney, the panel’s Republican Vice Chair, said in her keynote address.
Minutes ago, the Democratic chair of the committee that opened the first public hearing, Bennie Thompson, accused Trump of being “at the center of this conspiracy”.
“January 6 (2021) was the culmination of a coup attempt, an insolent attempt to overthrow the government shortly after January 6, as one protester put it. The violence was not accidental.”
On the day of the attack, protesters stormed the Capitol “at the encouragement of the US President”.
In his thoughtful presentation, the panel used the behind-the-scenes testimonies of some of Trump’s closest and most trusted advisers, including former Attorney General Bill Bar and his son-in-law and chief adviser, Jared Kushner.
In addition, footage of the violence that seized government headquarters and killed five people was released, some unreleased.
“Democracy continues to be at stake,” Thompson warned in comments prepared and published shortly before the trial.
“The plot to thwart the will of the people is not over. There are people in this country who are thirsty for power but have no love and respect for what makes America great,” he said.
Witch hunt
Thursday’s hearing and the five subsequent hearings will be key wording for the first time as lawyers will show texts, photos and videos to bring to light the plans the Trump administration allegedly began developing before the election.
Trump described the investigation as a baseless “witch hunt” and, through his social network Truth Social, defended the uprising, calling it “the greatest move in the history of the country” to get the United States “back.” be big”
“This was a fraudulent and stolen election and a country that was about to go to hell,” he added.
House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy said on Thursday that this commission was “the most political and least legitimate commission in US history.”
“I don’t see a prime-time session on the price of gas, how to fight inflation, how to feed our kids and make our streets safer,” he said at a news conference.
He has promised to bury the commission’s work if his party takes control of Congress in the November midterm elections.
“Illegal Actors”
After that, the committee, which has interviewed more than 1,000 witnesses, is expected to schedule hearings that will begin at 10:00 local time on 13, 15, 16 and 21 June.
The group will analyze different illegal plans it says were orchestrated by the Trump administration to keep him in power.
Investigators want to examine the 187-minute delay in the entry of more police to strengthen the Capitol and determine why there was an approximately eight-hour gap in phone records of calls from the White House as violence escalated.
One of the committee’s main challenges is to demonstrate the existence of a direct link between the alleged plot to reverse the election, Trump’s speech encouraging the mob to march to Congress, and the subsequent takeover of Capitol Hill.
The question of whether Trump is breaking the law has been answered in some ways.
Federal Judge David Carter ruled in March that “the illegality of the plan is blatant”.
Opinion polls place this investigation well below the list of Americans’ concerns.
source: Noticias
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