Last year, a special committee of the ruling party and the Democratic Party of Japan held a hearing over the case where supporters of former President Trump broke into the US federal parliament, and released new testimony of the people concerned in a video. did.
With the fall midterm elections in mind, it seems that the aim is to pursue the responsibility of Mr. Trump, who still has a strong influence within the Republican Party.
A special committee of the House of Representatives led by the ruling and Democratic parties over the case in which supporters of former President Trump, who are dissatisfied with the results of the presidential election, broke into the US federal parliament building last January and killed five people. Held a public hearing on the 9th, and released a video of the testimony of interviewing the people concerned about the background of the incident and whether Mr. Trump was involved.
Among them, Mr. Barr, an aide to Mr. Trump, who was the Attorney General at the time but is now away from Mr. Trump, said, "I clearly told the president that I could not find any evidence of fraud in the election." I testified.
"I accepted what he was saying because I had respect for Mr. Barr," said Mr. Trump's daughter, Mr. Ivanka.
Through these testimonies, the Commission emphasized that Mr. Trump's allegations of extensive fraud in the elections were not accepted by his aides and family.
Democratic Chairman Thompson blamed Mr. Trump for the case, saying it was "Mr. Trump's last stand trying to prevent the transfer of power."
The public hearing was held from 8:00 pm, which has a large number of TV viewers, and was widely covered by major TV stations broadcasting to the United States.
The hearings will be held five times starting next week, and the final report is expected to be finalized around September.
It seems that the ruling party and the Democratic Party are aiming to pursue the responsibility of Mr. Trump, who still has a strong influence within the Republican Party, with the autumn midterm election, which is already less than half a year before voting, in mind.
Attorney General, an aide, "The allegations of fraud in elections are bullshit."
At the hearing, some of the videos of the special committee's nearly 1000 hearings of testimony over the past year and about 140,000 documents collected were unveiled for the first time.
The video shows testimonies of former Trump's aide and secretary of justice, Mr. Barr, Mr. Trump's daughter Ivanka, and his son-in-law, Mr. Kushner.
Of these, Mr. Barr said, "I have clearly told the president that I have not found any evidence of fraud in the elections. Frankly, a year and a half after that, I still see evidence that would change my mind. No. The allegations of fraud in the elections were random, and I told the president that way. "
"I accepted what he was saying because I had respect for Mr. Barr. His remarks changed my mind," Ivanka said. They also emphasized that they did not believe in Mr. Trump's claim that there was fraud in the election.
In addition, new images of security cameras installed in the parliament and cameras attached to police uniforms were also released, explaining in detail how people broke into the parliament.
At the hearing, a policewoman who was overwhelmed by mobs and injured on the day of the incident also testified, saying, "It was like a battlefield," and "I was trained to wrestle with people." No police officers have been trained in how to respond to what happened that day, "he said, explaining that it was impossible to stop the intrusion.
Mr. Trump "No positive testimony or statement"
In response to the hearing, Mr. Trump posted on social media run by the companies he is involved with, saying, "The Commission does not use any positive testimony or statement and touches on large-scale election fraud and violations. I also refused to do so. This country has big problems. "
Parliamentary intrusion case
Regarding the intrusion into the federal parliament, the perceptions of the invasion into the federal parliament are still largely divided by the supporting political parties in a way that reflects the division of society.
According to a poll conducted by Reuters and research firm Ipsos this week , 89% of Democratic supporters said that
the intrusion was "a criminal act that tried to prevent the election results from being finalized through violence and threats." On the
other hand
, only 44% of Republican supporters.
On the other hand, 11% of Democratic supporters
answered that they exercised constitutionally guaranteed rights such as freedom of speech and assembly, while
56% of Republican supporters answered. rice field.
In addition, 88% of Democratic Party supporters
answered that they "strongly agree" and "somewhat agree" as to whether they think that former President Trump has at least some responsibility for the intrusion case .
On the other hand,
only 33% of Republican supporters.
On the other hand, 67% of Republican supporters
answered "strongly agree" and "somewhat agree" as to whether Mr. Trump's votes were tampered with in the declining presidential election.
On the other hand,
▼ Democratic Party supporters are only 10%,
and it can be seen that the perception of the election results that triggered the incident is greatly divided.
Several US government agencies have announced that there was no major fraud over the outcome of the deceased presidential election.