A field guide to understanding who is at the center of the Jan. 6 probe
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A month from now, the United States will mark its first anniversary of the attack on the U.S. Capitol. The insurrection, incited by former President Donald Trump, cost damages over $1 million to the complex alone, left several dead and hundreds injured, and iA field guide to understanding who is at the center of the Jan. 6 probe
A month from now, the United States will mark its first anniversary of the attack on the U.S. Capitol. The insurrection, incited by former President Donald Trump, cost damages over $1 million to the complex alone, left several dead and hundreds injured, and imbued the national consciousness with doubts over the strength—and future—of American democracy when fanaticism, lies, and autocratic aspirations come to a crashing head. The committee’s debut public hearing unfolded this July when a handful of police officers who fought off the mob for hours testified about their harrowing experiences. Starting early next year, the Jan. 6 Committee is expected to recommence its public hearings. The probe thus far has been kept tightly under wraps as investigators have spent months piecing together how the siege was organized and financed, who was involved in its coordination, and just how many people inside of Trump’s orbit may have worked with the 45th president to propagate his pervasive but widely debunked lie that he won the 2020 election. The attempt to subvert democracy was nearly successful and while many Republicans in the House and Senate have labeled the commission as a political cudgel unmoored from legislative purpose, the committee has pushed back fiercely against such claims. Read more
