The Capitol attack hearing is like a TV show. A grim picture is presented surrounding the events of a year and a half ago. But what are the consequences?
187 minutes. That’s how long it took on January 6, 2021, for then US President Donald Trump to fend off his violent supporters via video. That is, more than three hours between the violent episodes in the Capitol and his lukewarm appeal.
What has Trump been up to during this time? The investigative committee shed light on the darkness in its final hearing before the summer recess into the Capitol attack on Thursday afternoon (local time) during peak TV viewing.
It appears that Trump has deliberately accepted violence in order to stay in power. That he watched the riots on television and that he was finally urged by his allies to intervene, while for a long time he did nothing. Members of parliament and witnesses have often made it clear that the danger to democracy has not passed. There will be another election and Trump and his supporters could act the same way again. That Trump himself has not repented can be seen in the excerpt of a video.
A day after his supporters attacked the Capitol, Trump said, “I don’t want to say the election is over,” even though “the election is over” was included in the written text of the speech he was going to deliver.
The incitement of the mob
And while the hearing was still going on, Trump released an angry message via his social network “Truth Social.” He writes that the commission is a sham court and that everything is a lie. In the past few weeks, the committee has shown that Trump and his allies tried several tricks to sway the 2020 presidential election. When that didn’t work, Trump “called the mob to Washington on Jan. 6. He knew the gathered crowd was heavily armed and enraged. He ordered the mob to the Capitol,” says committee chairman Benny Thompson.
The Republicans torpedoed the process of clearing the case from the beginning. After public wrangling, the committee eventually consisted of seven Democrats and only two Republicans. Republican Reps. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger are well-known critics of Trump and have been expelled from their party for serving on the committee.
All open?
Whether this public hearing will actually hurt Trump is hard to tell. His support from Republicans, however, has waned somewhat. Also according to polls, the number of Trump supporters who would like him to run again in the 2024 presidential election has decreased.
The committee’s decisions are not binding, however, and do not have the force of a court. But they could contribute, so that the legal path is opened and the Ministry of Justice takes over the case. And all eyes are now on it.
According to a Marist Institute poll, half of the respondents are of the opinion that Trump should be brought to justice. However, only 28% believe that he will actually be held accountable. The competent committee says it will continue with the collection of evidence after the summer holidays and the American media are talking about the end of the episode, but not of the series.
Julia Nowe (DPA)
Edited by: Maria Rigoutsou
Source: Deutsche Welle
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