Republican Liz Cheney believes the attack on the US Congress last year would never have happened if it weren’t for Donald Trump. At the same time, the TV channel reports that on January 6 the committee could ask Trump for a testimony.
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– Most of the evidence presented so far has shown us that the main motive for the assault on Congress was a man: Donald Trump, whom many have followed. None of this would have happened without him. He was personally and significantly involved in everything.
This is what Cheney says Thursday night, Norwegian time, during what may be the last hearing of the so-called January 6 commission in relation to their investigation into the attack on Congress on January 6 last year.
– Today we will focus on President Trump’s thinking, his intentions, his motivation and how he motivated others to do what he wanted.
VG is following Thursday’s committee meeting and will update the matter later.
Fear of it happening again
The attack came when hundreds of Trump supporters raided the Congress building in Washington, DC, at the same time as politicians in Congress gathered to officially declare Joe Biden the winner of the 2020 presidential election.
A few minutes earlier, Donald Trump, who had lost the election, had delivered a fiery speech to his supporters a few hundred meters away, in which he falsely claimed that Biden had only won for electoral fraud and that the election had been stolen from Trump. . These claims have been rejected in several courts.
Cheney is among those who believe Donald Trump incited his supporters to attack Congress. Several people died during or following the assault.
– In any attempt to excuse or justify the former president’s behavior, we take away a small piece of our republic’s foundation. Behavior that cannot be defended is defended. Behavior that cannot be excused is justified. Without accountability, this will all become normal and happen again, says Cheney, the committee’s vice chair.
One of the main goals of the entire committee process, as Democrat Jamie Raskin sees it, is to show that Trump represents a “clear and present threat to democracy.”
You can ask Trump to testify
Many of those who actually entered the congress building have already been reported. Several have also been sentenced, while some cases have not yet been decided. The Congressional committee that investigated the attack, on the other hand, has been concerned about what and who is responsible for the ongoing assault. If anyone planned or instigated it.
On Thursday, Cheney said the committee could recommend the Justice Department to file a complaint in connection with the attack.
At the same time, NBC reports that it has sources that a vote will be held at Thursday’s committee meeting on whether to sue Donald Trump as a witness. So far he has not explained himself to the commission. There is no provision for a possible subpoena from the president, but it will be a clear indication from the commission.
The facts of the claims were hidden
In his introduction to Thursday’s hearing, Cheney, who lost the Republican primary this summer and therefore cannot continue as a member of Congress after January next year, that the committee has received evidence that someone tried to oppose their investigation and tried to hide what she calls “key facts” in the case.
The committee intends to present its final report by the end of the year. It will come after the mid-term elections on 8 November, but a preliminary report could be published before that date.
Trump himself previously described the investigative committee as “political thugs” and claimed that they present lies and make up stories.
