The House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol will hold a hearing regarding their investigation. (POOL)
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Jan. 6 committee is preparing to highlight the way violent far-right extremists answered Donald Trump’s “siren call” to come to Washington for a big rally, as some now face rare sedition charges over the deadly U.S. Capitol attack and effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
The panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol siege is set to convene Tuesday for a public hearing probing what it calls the final phase of Trump’s multi-pronged effort to halt Joe Biden’s victory. As dozens of lawsuits and false claims of voter fraud fizzled, Trump tweeted the rally invitation, a pivotal moment, the committee said. The far-right Proud Boys, Oath Keepers and others now facing criminal charges readily answered.
Pat Cipollone, an ex-Trump White House counsel, concludes his closed-door meeting. (Source: CNN/GETTY IMAGES/SENATE TV/WCSC/@BGONTHESCENE/BRENDAN GUTENSCHWAGER)
“We will lay out the body of evidence that we have that talks about how the president’s tweet on the wee hours of December 19th of ‘Be there, be wild,’ was a siren call to these folks,” said one panel member, Rep. Stephanie Murphy, D-Fla., over the weekend on “Meet the Press.” In fact, Trump tweeted, “Be there, will be wild!”
Among those expected to testify is Stephen Ayres, who pleaded guilty last month to disorderly and disruptive...
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