Congress begins public hearings of its investigation into Capitol Hill attack with “disturbing” evidence linking Trump to the plot
More than a year after the attack on the Washington Capitol, the Congressional Commission analyzing the plot behind the attack today begins its public hearings and presents its first conclusions after ten months of exhaustive investigation. The president, Republican Liz Cheney, described the attack as “horrifying, and extremely broad and well-organized,” while linking it to the efforts of former President Donald Trump and his allies to nullify the results of the 2020 election. explain.
Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, openly critical of Trump, are the only two Republicans on a committee that has tried to block and sabotage their party at all costs. Cheney added on Sunday that the extensive investigation, captured in more than 100,000 pages of documents, reveals “deeply troubling” conclusions because of the constant threat they pose to American democracy.
Six landmark Watergate-style hearings present the disturbing details of the planning and execution of a far-reaching conspiracy involving actors inside and outside the federal government that culminated in the violence of January 6, 2021.
For the first time, the American public will be exposed to never-before-seen material, first-line witness testimony and evidence described as “disturbing” about the various subplots of a sophisticated conspiracy in an effort to prevent the legitimate transfer of power.
Among those invited to appear at the hearings are two people directly related to former Vice President Mike Pence: his former senior adviser, Greg Jacob, and former federal judge, J. Michael Luttig. His former chief of staff Marc Short is also called to testify. All three have already testified in person before the Commission and their words have been used as part of court records and subpoenas for other possible testimony.
A richly detailed investigation that continues to yield surprising revelations showing just how close a fatality came and how far former President Trump and his allies were willing to go to remain in power.
Last week, the New York Times reported that the day before the attack, Marc Short warned the Vice President’s Secret Service chief of the possibility of a security threat. Journalist Maggie Haberman, author of the article in the course of her own research for a book she is preparing on Trump, reveals that Pence’s security knew in advance that the president would publicly turn on him.
The vice president was under extreme pressure to avoid certifying the election results in the Jan. 6 session of Congress. According to some information published in the press about this event, Trump was even heard saying on the day of the attack that Pence might have deserved to be hanged.
In another surprising twist, former White House adviser Peter Navarro was arrested last week by federal authorities for contempt of commission for refusing to appear on a subpoena and fail to provide required documents. Navarro, who has implicated himself at least three times in television interviews in what could be described as a coup attempt, was arrested and handcuffed at the airport about to board a flight. The federal charges include possible manipulation of documents and witnesses, and attempted flight to avoid justice.
Navarro and Steve Bannon have already been charged, although the Justice Department has not yet had contact with Trump’s chief of staff Mark Meadows and adviser Dan Scavino, perhaps an indication of their potential cooperation with the investigation.
The Commission will focus on exposing Trump’s active and direct role in undermining the election results. His dissertation will seek to demonstrate the former president’s obsession with losing power, using a false statement campaign that laid the groundwork for the sprawling nationwide conspiracy that led to violent riots on Capitol Hill.
“There will be significant evidence demonstrating Trump’s coordination, planning and efforts to direct the conspiracy,” said Democratic Congresswoman David Cicilline, a former Trump impeachment superintendent. “Once the uprising and violence started, there were constant attempts to persuade the former president to stop the attack and he always refused,” it added.
In another surprising twist, an email came out this week from the director of the Trump campaign in Georgia, Robert Sinners, instructing “false voters” to operate in “complete discretion and secrecy.” This December 13, 2020 email -obtained by the Washington Post and CNN- urged the “Alternative Compromises” to “not mention anything” about the plot or talk to the media, “necessary to see the end result.” , to guarantee a victory in Georgia for President Trump.”
This piece of the puzzle reveals in detail the plot scheme of the fake Republican delegates, self-proclaimed “alternatives,” who were illegally selected to replace the real ones in the electoral college during the certification of results in Congress on Jan. 6.
Source: La Verdad
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