The House committee probing the assault on the United States Capitol on January 6 issued its final report late Thursday evening after holding nine public hearings and questioning numerous witnesses.
According to ABC News, the final report has 814 pages segregated into the following eight chapters: The Big Lie; "I just want to find 11,780 votes"; Fake electors, and the "President of the Senate strategy";
"Just call it corrupt and leave the rest to me"; A coup in search of a legal theory; "Be there, will be wild"; 187 minutes of dereliction; and Analysis of the attack.
Trump, Alllies Supported Insurrection
The report indicates that Congressional committees of jurisdiction should pursue establishing a "formal mechanism for evaluating whether to bar those individuals identified in this Report" (including ex-President Donald Trump) from holding federal or state positions in the future.
Trump and other individuals were recommended by the committee to the Justice Department earlier this week for "possible prosecution under 18 USC 2383," including for providing assistance and support to an "insurrection," according to the Jan 6 Committee report.
The investigation claims that Trump and his inner circle participated in at least 200 evident acts of public or private outreach, pressure, or criticism aimed at state lawmakers or state or local election officials in the two months between the November election and the Jan. 6 attempt to reverse the results of the election.
The report said that between November 30, 2020, and December 3, 2020, the Donald Trump campaign contacted roughly 200 state lawmakers from key states to seek support for statehouse resolutions to reverse the election. Some of the communications were even said to be sent "on behalf of the president."
Roger Stone, Trump's longest-serving political associate, received a section of the Jan 6 Committee report that indicates Stone's "Friends of Stone" Signal chat group included Proud Boys Chair Enrique Tarrio, Oath Keepers chief Stewart Rhodes, and Stop the Steal founder Ali Alexander, according to a report from Politico.
At one point during the assault on January 6, Rhodes contacted the group to say he was at "the back door of the US Capitol," as reported by the committee.
In December 2020 and January 6, 2021, Stone depended on Oath Keepers, including many who eventually pled guilty to seditious conspiracy, for protection. Donald Trump pardoned him at the end of 2020 for his efforts to hinder Congress' investigation of Russian intervention in the 2016 election.
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Committee To Disclose More Supporting Documents
Representative Liz Cheney, Republican of Wyoming and the vice chairwoman of the committee underscored in the report that the strength of American institutions depends on the faithfulness of public officials, per New York Times.
She added: "Part of the tragedy of Jan. 6 is the conduct of those who knew that what happened was profoundly wrong, but nevertheless tried to downplay it, minimize it or defend those who are responsible."
The report includes the committee's legislative measures, which are meant to deter future presidents from pursuing a similar scheme.
Currently, the panel is in favor of revising the Electoral Count Act, which is the measure Donald Trump and his supporters attempted to use on January 6 to maintain their hold on power. On Friday, the House will vote on whether or not to approve the reform.
The committee has not yet finished providing its supporting documents despite the release of Jan 6 Committee report, according to CNN. This week, the committee issued not just its summary and report but also the first portions of the transcripts from closed-door depositions, including interviews with multiple witnesses who asserted their Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination and explosive evidence from former Donald Trump assistant Cassidy Hutchinson.
There will likely be additional transcripts released in the closing days of the committee from other witnesses' evidence, eking out more and more facts in the run-up to the committee's possible dissolution in the next Congress.
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