WASHINGTON: An 18-month extraordinary investigation by a House committee into the former president and the violent insurrection two years ago ended Jan. 6 with a conclusion that Donald Trump criminally engaged in a "multi-part conspiracy" to circumvent legitimate consequences. overturned. 2020 presidential election and failed to stop his supporters from attacking the Capitol.

After interviewing more than 1,000 witnesses, ten hearings and acquisition of lakhs of pages of documents, the panel's 814-page report was made public on Thursday.

Witnesses, who included several of Trump's closest allies, members of law enforcement, and even some of the rioters themselves, provided details of Trump's actions in the weeks leading up to the insurrection and to overturn his defeat. His extensive pressure campaign had a direct effect. Impact on those who brutally pushed police and broke the windows and doors of the Capitol on January 6, 2021.

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According to the report, Trump was the main culprit.
The nine-member panel concluded that the insurgency was seriously endangering democracy and "endangering the lives of American legislators."

The report's preface, written by outgoing Speaker Nancy Pelosi, urges all Americans to "vigilantly defend our democracy and cast their vote to conscientious objectors in defense of our Constitution", adding that the findings apply to all Americans. There should be a clarion call. ,

Eight chapters of findings in the report describe several aspects of the remarkable strategy Trump and his advisers used to try to overturn President Joe Biden's victory.

Panel hearings this summer told much of the story. His pressure on states, federal agents, lawmakers and Vice President Mike Pence to manipulate the system or break the law has been described by lawmakers.

The two-month report claimed, "President Trump or his inner circle engaged in at least 200 overt acts of public or private outreach, pressure or slander targeting state legislators or state or local election administrators.

The committee claimed that Trump's supporters were connected to his repeated, false claims of widespread voter fraud, which were amplified on social media and added to mistrust of the government during his four years in office. And when they turned to violence and stormed the Capitol, he did nothing to stop them.

The sweeping, damning report comes as Trump is re-entering the presidential race and has been subject to multiple federal inquiries, including his involvement in the insurgency and the discovery of secret documents at his Florida property.

Given that he has fought for years to keep his tax returns private, this week is especially difficult for him as a House committee is expected to release them.

Additionally, Trump is in his most politically precarious position since winning the 2016 election, as Republicans blame him for a worse-than-expected showing in the midterm elections.

In a post on his social media platforms, Trump referred to the report as "highly partisan" and falsely claimed that it omitted instructing his supporters to hold "peaceful and patriotic" demonstrations on January 6.

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The committee observed that he continued to exhort the crowd to "fight like hell" with inflammatory language even after that remark.
The report outlines a number of mistakes made by law enforcement and intelligence organizations. However, it makes a strong point that the security lapse was not the cause of the rebellion.

In a separate foreword, the committee's chairman, Mississippi Representative Bennie Thompson, states that "our intelligence and law enforcement communities did not envision a scenario in which the President of the United States would incite a mob to march on the Capitol and disrupt work." Will put. Congress's.

The report described Trump's inaction as his supporters destroyed the structure. He asked a staff member if she had seen his remarks on television when he entered the White House after his rousing speech.

The staff member reportedly said, "Sir, they cut it because they're rioting in the Capitol."

At 12.21 pm, a White House photographer took a picture of Trump after hearing about the riots from the worker. The report claims that by then, if not earlier, "he had been apprised of the violent riots at the Capitol."

Between the conclusion of Trump's speech at the Ellipse and his initial attempt to persuade the rioters to disperse, 187 minutes passed. He eventually sent a video message asking his supporters to go home and assuring them that "we love you, you are very special."

Many employees and co-workers begged her to make a stronger statement during those hours. Although he did not.

The committee cites some of Trump's staunchest backers who accuse him of being responsible for the violence. After the incident, longtime aide Hope Hicks texted Julie Radford, who had been Ivanka Trump's chief of staff: "We all look like domestic terrorists now."
I'm so upset, Hicks texted a White House attorney. Everything we achieved was lost.

The publication of the investigation is a final act for House Democrats, who have spent a large portion of their four years in power investigating Trump and will lose their majority to Republicans in less than two weeks. 

Trump was impeached twice by Democrats, the second time taking place a week after the uprising. Both times, the Senate found him not guilty. Other investigations led by Democrats looked into his family, businesses, finances, and connections to other countries.

The Justice Department should look into the former president for four crimes, including supporting an insurrection, according to the panel of seven Democrats and two Republicans, which officially handed over its investigation to the department on Monday. 

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Although the criminal referrals are not legally binding, they represent the committee's concluding statement after a thorough investigation that lasted more than a year and a half.

Trump has attempted to cast doubt on the report while continuing to falsely claim that he won the 2020 election, calling committee members "thugs and scoundrels."

To the criminal referrals made by the panel, Trump responded, "These people don't understand that when they come after me, people who love freedom rally around me. It gives me more vigour.

Hundreds of the committee's interview transcripts are now being made public. The panel made the transcripts of two private meetings with Cassidy Hutchinson available on Thursday. 

Hutchinson, a former White House aide, testified in person during one of the hearings that were broadcast on television over the summer and provided a vivid account of Trump's attempts to sway the election results and his disregard for the violence as it was happening.

She discussed how many of Trump's supporters, including her lawyer, pressured her not to say too much in her committee interviews in the two interviews, both of which were conducted after her appearance at the hearing in July.