Journal of Haiti and the Americas
Assault on the Capitol: "the electoral stake of public hearings is limited"
Audio 7:30 p.m.
The storming of the Capitol, in Washington, January 6, 2021. © SHANNON STAPLETON / REUTERS
By: Mikael Ponge
3 mins
The open investigation.
After nearly a year of work behind closed doors, the House of Representatives Committee tasked with shedding light on the role of Donald Trump and his entourage in the assault on the Capitol in Washington on January 6, 2021, begins a series public hearings.
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But until then, she was working behind closed doors, and the results and conclusions of her investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, storming of the Capitol are still largely mysterious.
This Thursday, June 9, 2022, she will conduct her first public hearings.
It is a much-awaited and highly-prepared moment.
“Thursday evening is traditionally the one with the highest audiences,”
underlines our guest Antoine Yoshinaka, professor of political science at the State University of New York at Buffalo.
The stated goal is to capture the attention of the general public in order to prove
"the links between Donald Trump, his entourage, and the preparations for the invasion of the Capitol".
We can therefore expect, according to Antoine Yoshinaka,
"overwhelming evidence"
during this series of hearings, which will last until the end of June 2022, also with the aim of putting pressure on the Department of Justice
"who must decide one day or another to impeach Trump and his team"
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Politically, five months from the midterm elections, American opinion is so polarized that opinions are unlikely to change, but
"independent voters will have the opportunity to decide whether the Republican Party and Donald Trump are a danger to the United States,”
according to our guest.
Haiti and the Summit of the Americas: Would the Miracle Happen?
Haiti is at the 9th Summit of the Americas which is currently being held in Los Angeles, California, represented by its Prime Minister Ariel Henry.
“It is a government without democratic legitimacy that represents the country.
Prime Minister Ariel Henry has no date for the next elections to announce, not even an agreement with the opposition to decide on the roadmap for the next few months,”
writes Frantz Duval, editor-in-chief of Le Nouvelliste, online. with us from Los Angeles.
“Haiti needs billions of assistance to curb security, economic, migratory problems and a good wake-up call.
And an ally.
Where will the miracle come from, ”
wonders our colleague.
Chile: sulfur dioxide poisoning
105 residents of the towns of Quintero and Puchuncavi, in the center-west of the country, ended up in hospital.
Monday (June 6, 2022) already;
75 people including 50 children had been poisoned, again by sulfur dioxide released by companies.
Classes have been suspended in schools until Friday, June 10, 2022. And the Department of the Environment has taken preventive measures concerning six companies in the two cities, which will have to reduce their emissions of fuels and chemical products from 50 to 70%.
And on the front page of the newspaper of the 1st
The West Indies and Guyana affected in recent days by a wave of violence.
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