June 10, 2022

What's next in the case of Trump's attempted coup

Axios

Last night's episode ended at 9:55 p.m. .... Here's what the committee plans to argue at future hearings, reported by Axios' Alayna Treene and Andrew Solender:

  1. President Trump spread false information about the 2020 election.
  2. Trump tried to install loyalists at the Justice Department so the department would "support his fake election claims."
  3. Trump pressured former Vice President Mike Pence to help overturn the election.
  4. Trump prodded state election officials and legislators to change the election results.
  5. Trump's legal team "instructed Republicans in multiple states to create false electoral slates and transmit those slates to Congress and the National Archive."
  6. Trump summoned and assembled a mob in D.C. and directed members to march on the Capitol.
  7. Trump ignored pleas for assistance from his team, and failed to take action to stop the violence.

The bottom line: Note the first word of each of those sentences.

  • In his opening statement, Chairman Thompson gave his Smart Brevity on the hearings to come: "Donald Trump was at the center of this conspiracy."

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