The House Committee investigating the January 6, 2021 attack on the United States Capitol in Washington by supporters of Donald Trump presented evidence on Thursday showing that relatives of the former president, including his daughter , rejected his accusations of electoral fraud.
During the first of its six hearings, the House of Representatives committee also released footage of thousands of rioters attacking police and forcing their way into the Capitol as lawmakers gathered to certify victory. of Joe Biden in the November 2020 presidential election.
The nine members of the commission, who seek to demonstrate that donald trump attempted to subvert the U.S. Constitution and stay in power in a manner illegalalso presented testimonies or public comments from key figures in the Trump administration, including the former president’s daughter, Ivanka Trump, her husband, Jared Kushner, former Vice President Mike Pence and former federal justice minister William Barr.
Violence and coup
In his testimony, shown on video, William Barr described as “bullshit” the accusations of electoral fraud made by Donald Trump and convinced the daughter of the former tenant of the White House.
“I respect Attorney General Barr. So I accepted what he was saying,” Ivanka Trump said in testimony released during the hearing.
The elected Democrat Bennie Thompson, who chairs the parliamentary committee, estimated that Donald Trump was at the heart of a conspiracy intended to hinder American democracy.
He described January 6, 2021 as “the culmination of a coup attempt”. “The violence was no accident. It was Trump’s last stand.”
Electoral fraud
Since leaving the White House in January 2021, Donald Trump has maintained his accusations of widespread voter fraud against him, despite numerous appeals dismissed by courts across the country and denials by election officials and officials. members of his own administration.
Prior to the start of the hearing, Donald Trump, who could consider a new candidacy for the presidency in 2024, described the members of the commission as “political thugs”.
These hearings are being held less than six months before the midterm congressional elections, the “midterms”, which will determine control of the House of Representatives and the Senate for the next two years.
