After a year and a half of work, the House committee investigating the events of the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, is set to hold its final hearing and issue a report on its findings. Over the course of 10 public hearings, the panel heard from a wide swath of witnesses who showed how former President Donald Trump and his allies helped foment the violence that left at least seven people dead and more than 100 police officers injured.
The panel heard testimony from the officers who battled the crowd of Trump supporters who were attempting to stop the formal counting of the electoral votes that showed Joe Biden was the winner of the 2020 presidential race. Witnesses also included Trump’s attorney general, a key adviser for the vice president, state officials, a rally attendee who said Trump’s rage drove him to the Capitol and an eventual arrest, election workers targeted for harassment, a Twitter employee who said the company didn’t take the danger seriously enough, and a top White House aide who testified that there was a mix of enthusiasm and fear in the days leading up to Jan. 6.
The testimony could help prosecutors, both at the Department of Justice and in Georgia, who are continuing to investigate Trump’s attempts to overturn the election, which, according to the witnesses, the then-president fully knew he lost. The House committee is expected to make criminal referrals as one of its last acts.
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