With the American system of government at stake, citizens should resist being distracted from what matters most now: justice, accountability, and strengthening our democracy.
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As the House Select Committee investigating Jan. 6 prepares for another round of public hearings, coverage has begun to re-emphasize a supposed rift between the congressional inquiry and the Justice Department’s widening criminal investigations. Pay it no mind.
While it drives compelling copy, a sprawling plot to overturn the will of the voters and destroy American democracy investigated by two different branches of government takes time. The framers of our constitution did not design the most efficient government, but they anticipated different branches of government working on common problems in different ways and at different speeds.
What is actually happening is the churning convergence of a mountain of incriminating evidence from multiple investigations that connects former President Donald Trump and a number of his allies to the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol in an effort to overturn an election. Soon to join this admixture of evidence is a set of legislative and policy recommendations that might help prevent another assault on our constitutional order.
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