That marked the end of this series of hearings, which made a compelling case that Trump intentionally sought to overturn the 2020 election through a pressure campaign and by knowingly inciting violence among his supporters. “And we the people, for ourselves and our posterity, should not let Donald Trump be the finisher.” “ Donald Trump was the author,” Luria said. Liz Cheney said, “Doors have opened, new subpoenas have been issued, and the dam has begun to break.”Įlaine Luria closed the January 6’s committee’s explosive prime time hearing by quoting from Abraham Lincoln’s Lyceum address: “If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher,” Lincoln was quoted as saying in the speech. Capitol, an attempt to stop the certification of Joe Biden’s clear and decisive victory. The latest public hearing follows previous proceedings in which the bipartisan congressional committee further exposed Trump’s election lies (which even some close allies privately dismissed) his pressure campaigns on Mike Pence and Republican state election officials his efforts to subvert the Justice Department his allegedly heated exchange with Secret Service agents and the role of right-wing extremist groups in the deadly attack on the U.S. The message, over and over, was that those close to Trump wanted him to do something for hours. Thursday night’s prime-time January 6 committee hearing explored the 187 minutes that Donald Trump refused to call off his violent mob during the Capitol insurrection, featuring damning live and video testimony from former senior officials, along with text messages from GOP allies, family members, and Fox News hosts.
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