Chair Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) and Vice Chair Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) lead a Jan. 6 committee hearing in July. Photo: Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images
The House Jan. 6 select committee on Thursday released its long-awaited final reportwhich includes detailed evidence compiled by the panel relating to the deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Why it matters: The report provides the clearest look yet at what transpired before, during and after one of the most consequential events in American history.
What they’re saying: “Our country has come too far to allow a defeated President to turn himself into a successful tyrant by upending our democratic institutions, fomenting violence, and, as I saw it, opening the door to those in our country whose hatred and bigotry threaten equality and justice for all Americans,” said panel Chair Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) in the report’s foreword.
- The report stated that the panel estimates that between the November election and the Jan.6 insurrection, former President Trump or his inner circle “engaged in at least 200 apparent acts of public or private outreach, pressure, or condemnation, targeting either State legislators or State or local election administrators, to overturn State election results.”
- It states that “actions by Donald Trump” were “taken in support of a multi-part conspiracy to overturn the lawful results of the 2020 Presidential election.”
Between the lines: Tucked near the end of the Jan. 6 committee’s report is a list of 11 recommendations.
- These include criminal and civil accountability for those accused of misconduct in the Jan. 6 report and asking asking Congress to create formal mechanism to bar individuals from future office, using the 14th Amendment.
The big picture: The report follows the months-long investigation into the Capitol riot and preserves the panel’s findings before Republicans take control of the House next year and the Jan. 6 panel dissolves.
- The committee voted Monday to refer Trump to the Department of Justice on at least four criminal charges, including insurrection and obstruction of an official proceeding of Congress.
- It also released transcripts of 34 witness testimonies on Wednesday, including depositions with former Trump lawyer John Eastman and Trump’s acting Assistant Attorney General Jeffrey Clark.
The backdrop: The panel had said that it planned to make the final report public before the end of the yearbut the scope of the report — and how much it would focus on Trump — remained uncertain.
Worth noting: House Republicans are privately plotting to release their own 100+ page rebuttal in a bid to cast the select committee’s report as partisan.
- Representatives for Trump did not immediately respond to Axios for comment.
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