It was a criminal conspiracy
Will Saletan
In Thursday’s hearing, the House January 6th committee clarified a shift in the incitement case against former President Trump. The attack on the Capitol wasn’t really provoked by Trump’s speech on Jan. 6. It was provoked by his tweet three weeks earlier.
The committee’s chairman, Bennie Thompson, pointed out that on the morning of Jan. 6, members of the Proud Boys began moving toward the Capitol before Trump began his speech near the White House. Rep. Liz Cheney, the committee’s leading Republican, summarized the evidence: “The attack on our Capitol was not a spontaneous riot. Intelligence available before January 6th identified plans to ‘invade’ the Capitol, ‘occupy’ the Capitol, and take other steps to halt Congress’ count of Electoral Votes.”
Amanda Carpenter
After last night, it doesn’t matter if Liz Cheney loses her congressional primary. There are 535 Members of Congress and none will have so forcefully and single-handedly bent the historical record toward justice as she did last night.
Per her opening statement, Cheney outlined that the hearings would focus on the following. Read it and tell me that she wasn’t 100 percent right in sacrificing her leadership position and risking her congressional seat to get the following information, as documented by well-credentialed national security professionals, prosecutors, and former Trump officials, on congressional record and out in public:
- Trump’s misinformation campaign provoked the violence on January 6th.
- Trump corruptly planned to replace the Attorney General of the United States so the U.S. Justice Department would spread his false stolen election claims.
- Trump pressured Vice President Mike Pence to refuse to count electoral votes on January 6th.
- Trump corruptly pressured state legislators and election officials to change the results.
- The Trump campaign and other Trump associates instructed Republican officials in multiple states to create intentionally false electoral slates, and transmit those slates to Congress, to the Vice President, and the National Archives, falsely certifying that Trump won states he actually lost.
- Trump summoned a violent mob and directed them, illegally, to march on the U.S. Capitol.
- Trump failed to take immediate action to stop the violence and instruct his supporters to leave the Capitol.
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