China News Service, December 23 (Xinhua) According to the Associated Press, the US House of Representatives' special committee investigating congressional riots released a full version of the report of more than 800 pages on the 22nd local time, thus ending the 18-month special investigation.
On January 6, 2021 local time, the joint meeting of the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives to confirm the results of the Electoral College vote was interrupted because supporters of the current President Trump broke into the Capitol and caused large-scale riots. The scene was extremely chaotic.
The picture shows flames in front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, USA.
Former President Donald Trump was involved in a "multipart conspiracy" to overturn the legal outcome of the 2020 presidential election and failed to act to stop his supporters from attacking the Capitol, the report said.
“The core cause of January 6th was one man, Trump, after whom many others followed,” the report said. “Without him, none of the events of January 6th would have happened.”
The more than 800-page report released on the 22nd comes after the select committee interviewed more than 1,000 witnesses, held 10 hearings and obtained millions of pages of documents.
According to the New York Times, the publication of the final investigation report is the last major action of the committee in its groundbreaking investigation.
A few days ago, the commission took another major action.
On the 19th local time, the Special Investigation Committee recommended that the Justice Department file criminal charges against former President Trump.
On the same day, the Special Investigative Committee held its 10th and final hearing on the riots in the Capitol.
The committee formally recommended to the Justice Department that Trump be charged with four criminal charges for his role in the Capitol riots, including inciting or aiding insurrection, obstructing an official process of Congress, conspiracy to defraud the federal government and making false statements.
Responding to the committee's recommendation for criminal charges, Trump said at the time, "These people don't understand that when they track me, people who love freedom surround me. It makes me strong. What doesn't kill me makes me stronger." powerful."
On January 6, 2021, when Congress was counting electoral votes for 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 House Select Committee has held a series of public hearings on the riots on Capitol Hill since June 9 this year.