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"A violent mob of Trump supporters attacked the U.S. Capitol building on Jan.
6, 2021, intent on disrupting a joint session of Congress that was meeting to
count electoral votes and declare Democrat Joe Biden the winner of the 2020
presidential election.
They did not succeed in preventing Biden’s certification as president, but
seven people died in the attack and its immediate aftermath and around 150
police were attacked and injured.
That event did not take place in a vacuum. For months, President Donald Trump
had maintained that if he lost his bid for re-election, it would be the result
of fraud. His fictional claims of victory were repeatedly disproven throughout
the post-election period.
The first public hearing of the House Select Committee to Investigate the
January 6 Attack on the United States Capitol took place on June 9, 2022. It
began the process of revealing what the committee has learned so far about the
planning and carrying out of the attack on American democracy, and the role
Trump played in it.
“Our work must do much more than look backwards,” said committee chairman, U.S.
Rep. Bennie Thompson of Mississippi. “Because our democracy remains in danger.”
We asked three scholars to watch the hearing and respond."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
