What did Americans learn in the Jan. 6 committee’s hearing on the Capitol attack?
- The Jan. 6 Committee unearthed new details about Trump’s plan to overturn the 2020 election
- The public has long known about Trump’s actions – the committee supplied new details
WASHINGTON — The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack on Thursday sought to build a case that former President Donald Trump was the driving force behind an attempted coup that culminated with the deadly insurrection at the Capitol.
“President Trump summoned the mob, assembled the mob and lit the flame of this attack,” Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., vice chair of the committee, said during her opening remarks of the panel’s first prime-time hearing.