Trump spurred ‘attempted coup’ at Capitol, January 6 panel tells hearing

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The House panel investigating the January 6 insurrection at the U.S
attempt" to overthrow the government, Thompson said
possible.In a previously unseen video clip, the panel played a quip from former Attorney General Bill Barr who testified that he told Trump
Keepers and Proud Boys preparing to storm the Capitol to stand up for Trump
record for historyPolice officers who had fought off the mob consoled one another as they sat in the committee room reliving the violence
Officer Harry Dunn teared up as bodycam footage showed rioters bludgeoning his colleagues with flagpoles and baseball bats.Biden, in Los
Old
A final report aims to provide an accounting of the most violent attack on the Capitol since the British set fire to it in 1814, and to
ensure such an attack never happens again.The riot left more than 100 police officers injured, many beaten and bloodied, as the crowd of
pro-Trump rioters, some armed with pipes, bats and bear spray, charged into the Capitol
At least nine people who were there died during and after the rioting, including a woman who was shot and killed by police.'We were
there'Emotions are still raw at the Capitol, and security will be tight for the hearings
midterm elections, when voters decide which party controls Congress
Most TV networks carried the hearing live, but Fox News Channel did not.Among those in the audience were several lawmakers who were trapped
Dean Phillips, Democrat of Minnesota
Thompson, opened the hearing with sweep of U.S
Cheney, the daughter of former U.S
vice president Dick Cheney, outlined what the committee has learned about the events leading up to that terrifying January day when Trump
night before in nearby parking garage.Court documents show that members of the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers were discussing as early as
November a need to fight to keep Trump in office
Leaders of both groups and some members have since been indicted on rare sedition charges over the military-style attack.Panel faced
attesting there was no fraud on a scale that could have tipped the results in his favor.The panel faced obstacles from the
objections of Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell
subpoena for an interview, echoed Trump on Thursday
introduce Americans to a cast of characters, some well known, others elusive, and to what they said and did as Trump and his allies tried to
messages provided the committee with a snapshot of the real-time scramble to keep Trump in office
Of John Eastman, the conservative law professor who was the architect of the unsuccessful scheme to persuade Vice President Pence to halt
the certification on Jan
6
and charged more than 800 people for the violence that day, the biggest dragnet in its history.(Source: FRANCE 24 with AP)