In its report on the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol breach, the House Jan. 6 panel made a series of contested claims about the events of that day and the weeks leading up to it while excluding details of several key events leading up to the rally.
After several delays, the panel released the report early in the morning on Dec. 23 (pdf).
The report is the culmination of a months-long investigation by the controversial panel, which is dominated by critics of President Donald Trump. Only two Republicans, outgoing Ranking Member Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) and Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) sit on the committee. Both have been vocal critics of the former president.
The report repeats many of the claims that have already been repeated ad infinitum by the panel and its allies.
Ed Martin, a top attorney for Jan. 6 defendants, told The Epoch Times in a phone call that the narrative pushed by the committee should be taken with a great deal of scrutiny.
“It’s a political argument, that they’re making not a legal argument and when they stray into legalese they’re really misleading the public,” Martin ruled.
He also noted the lack of truly adversarial voices on the committee, a critique with its roots in the way that the committee was set up and the way its members were selected.
“This was not passed through the house,” Martin said. “This was created out of nothing by Pelosi.”
Across the rest of U.S. history, such committees have been established on a bipartisan basis, with the leaders of each party...
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