“Big protest in DC Jan 6th,” Trump tweeted at the time. “Be there, it’ll be wild!” That tweet would serve as an invitation to far-right militia groups like the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers as well as other violent extremists who were part of the pro-Trump mob that occupied the US Capitol in an attempt to block Biden’s certification. He won the electoral college, members of the House select committee investigating the rebellion said Sunday. The impact of that tweet — as well as other messages from Trump and his allies — will be explored this week as the committee continues its public hearings. Tuesday’s hearing will focus on Trump’s connections to these far-right and political extremist groups. “People are going to hear the story of that tweet and then the explosive effect it had on Trump’s world, specifically among domestic violent extremist groups, the most dangerous political extremists in the country at the time,” said spokesman Jamie B. Raskin. (D-Md.) said on CBS News’ “Face the Nation.” Rep. Stephanie Murphy (D-Fla.), who is scheduled to lead Tuesday’s hearing with Raskin, told NBC News’ “Meet the Press” that the Dec. 19 tweet was a “siren call” to those groups that he would make on January 6 is the “last stand” to keep Trump in power. Trump had already launched a broad and ongoing pressure campaign — on Vice President Mike Pence, the Justice Department and state election officials — to help overturn the election results, he added, and his tweet amounted to a call to those violent groups to provide “additional support” until January 6. Committee members also confirmed Sunday that they received a letter from a lawyer for Trump’s former chief strategist, Stephen K. Bannon, stating that Bannon will waive his claim of executive privilege and testify at a public hearing. Bannon was charged with contempt of Congress last year after he refused to comply with the committee’s subpoena. Bannon could still assert his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination and may insist on terms, such as testifying on live television rather than in camera, that committee members may not want to deal with. agree. Raskin said Sunday the committee would be “very interested” in hearing from Bannon, but indicated it was unlikely his initial testimony would be public. Tuesday’s hearing will be the committee’s first since Cassidy Hutchinson, a former aide to Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows, gave bombshell testimony about Trump’s rage and inaction on the day of the Capitol attack. Hutchinson testified on June 28 that Trump knew some of his supporters were armed but encouraged them to march on Capitol Hill anyway, and that Trump had told Meadows to talk to some of his aides who had ties to far-right militia groups. Former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson testified June 28 about President Donald Trump’s actions surrounding the Jan. 6 attack on Capitol Hill. (Video: JM Rieger/The Washington Post, Photo: Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) said Sunday that it would be a “reasonable conclusion” that Trump knew the crowd that day included members of these violent extremist groups. “We’re going to connect the dots during these hearings between these groups and those who are trying in government circles to overturn the election,” Lofgren said on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “So we think this story is unfolding in a very serious and quite credible way.” Raskin, Murphy and Lofgren all said testimony from former White House counsel Pat Cipollone will be played during the hearing. In a closed-door hearing Friday, Cipollone testified before the committee for eight hours, providing information that “corroborated key elements of Cassidy Hutchinson’s testimony,” committee spokesman Tim Mulvey said in a statement Sunday. Hutchinson had testified that Cipollone tried to prevent Trump from traveling to the Capitol on Jan. 6 with his supporters, fearing criminal liability and telling her “something to the effect of, ‘Make sure we don’t go up to the Capitol, Cassidy. . Keep in touch with me. We will be charged with every crime imaginable if we make this movement happen.” Visual: Cassidy Hutchinson’s Testimony There was a lot of information from Cipollone’s testimony that “fits into this larger puzzle” the commission is putting together, Murphy said Sunday. “The overall message we’ve gathered from all these witnesses is that the president knew he had lost the election or that his advisers told him he lost the election and that he was vying for ways he could retain power and remain president , despite the fact that the democratic will of the American people was for President Biden to be the next elected,” he said. Former White House counsel Pat Cipollone arrived on Capitol Hill on July 8 to testify behind closed doors to the select committee on January 6. (Video: The Washington Post) The next hearing will also focus on the “fundamental significance” of a Dec. 18, 2020, meeting of Trump allies held at the Willard Hotel in downtown Washington, according to Raskin. During that meeting, a group of outside lawyers that included Sidney Powell and Rudy Giuliani — dubbed the “Mad Team” by some in the Trump White House — discussed efforts to overturn the election results. Possible steps included seizing voting machines across the country, Raskin told “Face the Nation.” “But against that ‘Team Crazy’ was an internal group of lawyers who basically wanted (Trump) at that point to acknowledge that he had lost the election and were much more willing to accept the reality of his defeat at that point.” Raskin stated. he said. Twitter banned Trump from its platform after the attack on Capitol Hill, citing the risk of further violence. Jacqueline Alemany and Isaac Stanley-Becker contributed to this report.
The uprising of January 6
The House select committee investigating the 6 January 2021 riot held a series of high-profile hearings in June. The committee The next public hearing is scheduled for July 12. Congressional Hearings: The House committee investigating the attack on the US Capitol held a series of hearings to share its findings with the US public. The sixth hearing included explosive testimony from Cassidy Hutchinson, a former White House aide. Will there be charges? The committee could bring criminal charges against former President Donald Trump for his role in the attack, Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) said in an interview. What we know about what Trump did on January 6th: New details emerged when Hutchinson testified before the commission and shared what she saw and heard on Jan. 6. The Riot: On January 6, 2021, a pro-Trump mob stormed the US Capitol in an attempt to stop the certification of the 2020 election results. Five people died that day or soon after, and 140 police officers were attacked. Inside the siege: During the rampage, rioters came perilously close to breaking into the building’s inner sanctums while lawmakers were still there, including former Vice President Mike Pence. The Washington Post reviewed text messages, photos and videos to create a video timeline of what happened on January 6.
