Representative Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) On Thursday accused former President Trump of rioting in the Capitol on January 6, 2021, saying during a House of Representatives election hearing that Trump “convened the crowd, gathered the crowd and ignited the flames of this attack. “
“Those who invaded our Capitol and fought law enforcement for hours were motivated by what President Trump had told them: the election was stolen and he is the legitimate president,” said Cheney, deputy chairman of the 6th committee. January. in her introductory speech, which lasted more than 30 minutes.
“President Trump convened the crowd, gathered the crowd and ignited the flames of this attack,” she added.
The comments came minutes after the commission’s first public hearing, when it unveiled findings from its nearly year-long investigation. The committee has conducted more than 1,000 interviews and received more than 125,000 documents as part of an investigation into the Capitol riot.
The hearing comes after nearly 11 months of investigating the incident and just over 17 months after a mob of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol building.
Before the riots began, Trump told a crowd at a close rally that “we will have to fight much harder” shortly before supporters marched on the Capitol.
“We will go down on foot. “Whoever you want, but I think right here, we will go to the Capitol – and we will applaud our brave senators, congressmen and women, and we will probably not applaud so much for some of them,” Trump said.
“Because you will never return our country with weakness. You have to show strength and be strong, “he added at the rally.
Cheney said Thursday that for several months, Trump “has been following a complex seven-part plan to repeal the presidential election and prevent the transfer of presidential power.”
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She added that the committee would present “evidence for every element of this plan” during the committee’s eight public hearings.
In an introductory statement, MP Benny Thompson (D-Miss.), Chairman of the committee on January 6, said that Trump “encouraged a crowd of internal enemies of the Constitution to march on the Capitol and undermine American democracy.”
The president also said that Trump was “at the center” of a “multi-stage conspiracy to overturn the presidential election” and “throw away the votes of millions of Americans … and replace the will of the American people with his will to stay in power.” after the end of his term. “
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