6, as Congress met to officially certify electoral votes.ĭespite knowing he lost the election to Joe Biden, Trump claimed victory, accused opponents of election fraud and urged supporters to descend on Washington for what he termed a “wild” attempt to stop Congress from certifying the results. The committee’s members were clear Thursday, as they have been throughout the other hearings they’ve held this year, that they viewed Trump as the primary force behind the attack on Jan. “And all at the instigation of the president of the United States.” Primary force Ralph Northam, pleading for National Guard help in defending the Capitol. “It’s just horrendous,” Pelosi said on a call with former Virginia Gov.
The committee in what is expected to be its last hearing also showed a chilling new video of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other congressional leaders throughout the afternoon of Jan. Truman, who was by then out of office, testify. Thompson said there is precedent for former presidents to be compelled to provide testimony to Congress-even if it is a “serious and extraordinary action.” During the McCarthy era of the 1950s, Congress tried and failed to make President Harry S. The panel’s seven Democrats and two Republicans voted to authorize a subpoena of Trump for documents and sworn testimony “in connection with the January 6 attack on the United States Capitol.”Ĭommittee Chairman Bennie G. Capitol voted unanimously Thursday to subpoena Donald Trump, saying the former president must be held accountable as the “central cause” of a violent attempt to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
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