The January 6 Committee has placed former US President Donald Trump at the centre of a sustained effort to overturn the democratic results of the 2020 election, culminating in the violent attack on the US Capitol by his supporters.
Over the course of seven televised hearings, the panel has argued that Trump exerted pressure on everyone from Vice President Mike Pence to state and local election officials, exploring every possible avenue for overturning the will of the voters.
To do so, he relentlessly promoted false claims of widespread voter fraud, which even members of his own staff knew were untrue.
The Republican Party has embraced the lie that the 2020 election was stolen, stirring fears that Trump could again resort to anti-democratic methods if he runs for president in 2024.
Here is a summary of what we have learned so far.
The first hearing broadcast in US prime time set the tone for the presentations to come by placing former President Donald Trump front and centre, with Vice Chair Liz Cheney, one of two Republicans on the panel, saying that Trump “summoned the mob, assembled the mob and lit the flame of this attack” referring to the January 6, 2021 assault.
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