The Jan. 6 committee‘s report has finally been made public after months of hearings and testimony.
The 814-page account accuses former President Donald Trump of engaging in a “multi-part conspiracy” to overturn the 2020 election that culminated in the riot at the Capitol.
In addition to leveling those damning allegations at the former president, here are some of the report’s other key takeaways:
JAN. 6 REPORT ACCUSES TRUMP OF ‘MULTI-PART CONSPIRACY’ TO OVERTURN ELECTION
THE CASE AGAINST TRUMP
The report makes the case that Trump is liable for the violence at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, when a mob of his supporters physically tried to halt Congress from certifying the electoral vote-counting that formalized Joe Biden’s election as president.
It concludes: “The central cause of January 6th was one man, former President Donald Trump, whom many others followed. None of the events of January 6th would have happened without him.”
It details the four criminal referrals against Trump made to the Justice Department: obstruction of an official proceeding; conspiracy to defraud the United States; conspiracy to make a false statement; and inciting, assisting, or aiding/comforting an insurrection.
TRUMP’S FAILURE TO ACT
The committee’s report further notes Trump’s inaction while his supporters stormed the Capitol.
A member of the Secret Service told the committee that his intention to go to the building alerted agents.
“[We] all knew … that this was going to move to something else if he physically walked to the Capitol. I don’t know if you want to use the word ‘insurrection,’ ‘coup,’ whatever. We all knew that this would move from a normal democratic … public event into something else,” said one employee.
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After Trump returned to the White House following a speech, he asked a staff member whether the person had seen it on television.
The staff member replied, “Sir, they cut it off because they’re rioting down at the Capitol,” per the committee’s report.
Trump then questioned the staffer again and received the same response. “Oh really? All right, let’s go see,” Trump said.
TRUMP’S ACCOMPLICES
The report lays out the case against members of Trump’s inner circle, in addition to the former president.
Criminal referrals were also made against several Trump allies, including John Eastman, who was recommended for obstruction of an official proceeding and conspiracy to defraud the United States. Although the criminal referrals could be politically damaging, the committee does not have prosecuting power, so it must rely on outside agencies that can press charges.
The report also includes referrals to the House Ethics Committee against four GOP lawmakers, including House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), for refusing to comply with a congressional subpoena.
The report indicated the committee estimates that in the two months between the November election and the Jan. 6 attack, “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.”
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NOT FINISHED … YET
Despite the final report being released, the committee isn’t done releasing documents related to the investigation.
The committee started publishing the full transcripts from interviews with witnesses, including star witness Cassidy Hutchinson. Hutchinson’s testimony details how her first lawyer allegedly advised her to withhold details from investigators.
“We’re going to downplay your role. You were a secretary. … The less you remember, the better,” Hutchinson recalled her first lawyer, Stefan Passantino, telling her.
She added that Passantino told her to keep details scarce in her testimony, especially regarding the “limo incident,” in which she testified that security officer Anthony Ornato told her Trump tried to grab the car wheel from him to make him drive to the Capitol rather than the White House when he finished speaking at the “Stop the Steal” rally. “No, no, no, no, no. We don’t want to go there. … Keep your answers short, sweet, and simple, seven words or less. The less the committee thinks you know, the better,” she said Passantino told her.
Hutchinson provided hours of testimony to the committee, including at one of the public hearings over the summer. Her role in the West Wing exposed her to conversations between top Trump officials in the months between the 2020 election and the riot.
