China News Agency, Washington, July 12 (Reporter Sha Hanting) The US House of Representatives Select Committee held the seventh hearing on the investigation into the riots on Capitol Hill on the 12th local time, focusing on former US President Trump and his participation in the riots on Capitol Hill. Links to far-right groups.
During that day's hearing, the House Select Committee played video interviews of multiple witnesses, revealing what happened in the White House three weeks before the riots on Capitol Hill.
Among them, multiple witnesses mentioned an "intense" meeting held at the White House on the evening of December 8, 2020.
During the meeting, Trump's personal lawyer proposed an executive order to confiscate voting machines in multi-state elections.
The proposal was strongly opposed, including by then-White House counsel Pat Cipollone.
Data map: On June 23, local time, a select committee of the U.S. House of Representatives held its fifth hearing into the investigation into the riots on Capitol Hill, focusing on how former President Trump put pressure on senior Justice Department officials to overturn the election results.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Sha Hanting
After the meeting full of "arguing and shouting", Trump posted on social media, calling on all his supporters to rally in Washington on January 6, 2021, the day Congress counts the electoral votes, saying that the rally will be "crazy".
According to information obtained by the committee, Trump’s tweet was quickly retweeted on multiple far-right forums, gaining support from far-right groups, white supremacist groups, and more.
Democratic Rep. Ruskin said Trump's allies had communicated with the leaders of far-right extremist groups Proud Boys and Oathkeepers before the unrest.
Flynn, a Trump ally and former national security adviser, has been accused of ties to the Oathkeepers.
Another Trump ally, Roger Stone, has been accused of using encrypted chats to communicate with the leaders of two far-right groups.
At present, a number of "Proud Boys" and "Oath Keepers" members who participated in the riots on Capitol Hill have been charged with rioting.
Data map: On January 6, 2021, the US Capitol after the riots.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Chen Mengtong
On the same day, Stephen Ayres, a former Trump supporter who participated in the riots on Capitol Hill, attended the hearing and apologized for his actions.
He said he was the one who listened to Trump's "the election was stolen" lie and came to Congress at Trump's call to try to change the outcome of the election.
Iris said he now knows the truth about the election and "regrets" his rush into Congress.
On January 6, 2021, during the count of electoral votes in the presidential election, a large number of Trump supporters violently stormed Congress, killing at least five people.
After nearly a year of investigation and evidence collection, the US House of Representatives Select Committee started a series of public hearings on the Capitol Hill riots from June 9 and is expected to end in July.
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