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Opening statements by Thmas and Cheney were very concise. The production quality makes it hard to miss the evidence.

Interesting that Lofgren calls him an “ex-president” instead of a “former president”
 
They are each taking a part of the story.
Lofgren: He knew.
Shiff: He made a plan

Shiff highlights (as did Cheney in her opening) the bravery of the state officials who stood up to him. From elected officials to the poll workers. This is key, to me. They had a lot to lose, and were putting themselves in actual danger To uphold the constitution.
 
Kinzinger: DoJ

DoJ has a critical function of upholding laws (unspoken subtext - and they need to do it here) and Trump tried to subvert their function.

They told him again and again there was no fraud.
Trump and Clark tried to take over the DoJ’s message.
 
Aguilar: Pence

Trump’s plan to pressure Pence to overturn the election, and how Trump was told this would not be legal.

(I continue to assert that every picture of Mike Pence looks like a man who is deciding exactly how to murder someone)

How does pence continue to carry water for Trump????
 
Murphy: He amassed a mob


Our American Institutions held through the bravery of individuals. So Trump had to escalate directly to his supporters. He called them to action. And they began organizing - with intent to use violence. And the Law Enforcement Organizations saw it - and sent alerts to the white house about it. His advisors told him to tell his supporters not to use violence. He refused.
 
Luria: He sent them to the capital

He riled them at the ellipse, and then watched it on TV, continually refusing to call them off For 187 minutes.
He derelicted “his constitutional obligation”

Text messages of everyone telling him to call them off. “All of these people understood this was required”.
He refused
Naming all the law enforcement agencies that he did NOT call.

”He lit the flame, he poured gas on the fires, and sat for hours watching it burn. He stil continues to this day to put more fuel on this fire.”
 
Raskin: Recommendations from the committee
We recommenda based on the gravity of the crime, the severity of the outcome, and the centrality of this character.

Don’t just punish the foot-soldiers, the boss must be held accountable.

Names the statues
Trump, Eastman and others were part of a combined group of criminals. But there are others and they are not off the hook just because we don’t name them (Because they refused to testify to us).
 
My guess is two things:

1: they want this day to focus on Trump, so not too many other names, but
2: they want to make clear that it was a group of people acting that made it happen.
 
Luria: Makes motion that committee report this info to the House and to refer the charges to DoJ.
Passed unanimously by voice
Now requesting a roll call vote of the committee.
 
(PBS Commentary)
The reason for these referrals (not “charges” as I stated above) is to lay out a planned, multi-stage crminal offense.
 
Wonder if FOX news covered this…
 
Executive summary was 181 pages.
(PBS reports that they got an advanced copy, but were embargoed from reporting on it until after adjournment.)

Lisa Dejardin says report is beyond unprecedented.
 
Key takeaways from the House Jan. 6 committee's final public meeting
he House Jan. 6 committee met publicly for the last time on Monday, bringing its 18-month investigation to a dramatic close by making Donald Trump the first former president to be the subject of a criminal referral from Congress.

The nine-person panel voted unanimously to recommend that the Justice Department seek criminal charges against the former president on four counts stemming from his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election and prevent the peaceful transition of power, culminating in the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
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He may hope to avoid being brought to justice by being elected President again, but he'd have to delay those criminal proceedings for the next two years.
 
Jan. 6 report: Read the full introduction here
In its 154-page executive summary, the panel concluded that former President Donald Trump purposely disseminated false allegations of fraud related to the 2020 election as part of his plot to overturn it. The former president “corruptly pressured” Vice President Mike Pence to refuse to count electoral votes during the joint session Congress on Jan. 6 “despite knowing that such an action would be illegal” and unlawfully pressured federal, state and local officials to aid him in his efforts to block the peaceful transfer of power.

“Based on false allegations that the election was stolen, Donald Trump summoned tens of thousands of supporters to Washington,” the report states. “Although these supporters were angry and some were armed, Donald Trump instructed them to march to the Capitol on January 6th to ‘take back’ their country.

“Knowing that a violent attack on the Capitol was underway and knowing that his words would incite further violence, Donald Trump purposely sent a social media message publicly condemning Vice President Pence at 2:24 p.m.,” the report continues. “Knowing that violence was underway at the Capitol, and despite his duty to ensure that the laws are faithfully executed, Donald Trump refused repeated requests over a multiple hour period that he instruct his violent supporters to disperse and leave the Capitol, and instead watched the violent attack unfold on television.”

“Each of these actions by Donald Trump was taken in support of a multi-part conspiracy to overturn the lawful results of the 2020 presidential election,” it concludes.
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Jan. 6 panel prepares to unveil final report on insurrection
An 800-page report set to be released by House investigators will conclude that then-President Donald Trump criminally plotted to overturn his 2020 election defeat and “provoked his supporters to violence” at the Capitol with false claims of widespread voter fraud.

The resulting Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection of Trump's followers threatened democracy with “horrific” brutality toward law enforcement and “put the lives of American lawmakers at risk,” according to the report's executive summary.

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The massive, damning report comes as Trump is running again for the presidency and also facing multiple federal investigations, including probes of his role in the insurrection and the presence of classified documents at his Florida estate. A House committee is expected to release his tax returns in the coming days — documents he has fought for years to keep private. And he has been blamed by Republicans for a worse-than-expected showing in the midterm elections, leaving him in his most politically vulnerable state since he won the 2016 election.
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Now it's up to the Justice Department - which charges will it pursue? If several, then that may be too much for Trump's lawyers to obstruct.
 
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