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The Jan. 6 study volition culminate an 18-month enquiry into what led to the worst onslaught connected the Capitol since 1814 and what happened that day.

The study is expected to see 8 chapters tracking hearings successful June and July.
The study comes aft the sheet recommended the Justice Department complaint Trump with insurrection.
The committee besides recommended Ethics Committee inquiries for 4 Republican lawmakers.

WASHINGTON – The Jan. 6 committee postponed issuing its last study connected Wednesday, citing the last-minute sojourn to Washington of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and immoderate different unspecified logistical complications.

“The Select Committee present anticipates its last study volition beryllium filed and released tomorrow,” a committee staffer confirmed to USA TODAY. “The merchandise of further Select Committee records is imaginable today.”

The staffer, who spoke connected the information of anonymity to sermon interior committee matters, did not accidental what “select committee records” could beryllium released connected Wednesday.

The committee chairman, Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., had suggested connected Monday during the committee’s past ceremonial gathering that the long-awaited study would beryllium issued as aboriginal arsenic Wednesday, and committee staffers confirmed Wednesday greeting that they were readying to merchandise it aboriginal successful the day.

But arsenic the day progressed, the committee had 2nd thoughts. The staffer told USA TODAY that Zelenskyy’s meetings successful Washington were portion of that equation.

The study culminates an 18-month enquiry into what led to the worst onslaught connected the Capitol since 1814 and what happened that day. With Republicans who labeled the sheet partisan and illegitimate taking power of the House successful January, the report volition beryllium the committee’s past opportunity to summarize its findings and marque recommendations aimed astatine preventing different attack.

Here is what we cognize truthful far:

The study volition person astatine slightest 8 chapters, which way the blockbuster hearings the committee held successful August.
The 160-page enforcement summary released Monday broke small caller ground, but yielded 17 findings that erstwhile President Donald Trump was astatine the halfway of the crippled to overturn results of the 2020 predetermination and spurred an angry, equipped mob to the Capitol.
The committee recommended the Justice Department complaint Trump with 4 crimes: inciting the insurrection, obstruction of Congress, conspiracy to defraud the United States and conspiracy to marque mendacious statements.
Trump responded by calling the sheet a “kangaroo court.”
The committee besides recommended Ethics Committee investigations of 4 House Republicans: Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California and Reps. Jim Jordan of Ohio, Andy Biggs of Arizona and Scott Perry of Pennsylvania.
Legislative recommendations are expected to purpose astatine preventing different attack. The committee already endorsed an overhaul of the 1887 Electoral Count Act, which Congress volition beryllium voting connected this week arsenic portion of a spending package.

Jan. 6 committee released a summary of the study Monday

The House sheet connected Monday released a 160-plus leafage enforcement summary of the study and showed video grounds of immoderate of the astir 1,000 witnesses it has interviewed during the people of its 18-month investigation.

And it voted to guardant to the Justice Department its recommendations that erstwhile President Donald Trump beryllium charged with 4 transgression violations stemming from his effort to overturn the 2020 predetermination results and acceptable escaped a mob of his supporters connected the Capitol connected Jan. 6, 2021, erstwhile lawmakers were certifying the electoral results showing that Trump had mislaid to Democrat Joe Biden.

“I expect our last enactment volition beryllium filed with the clerk of the House and made nationalist aboriginal this week,” Thompson said Monday. “Beyond that release, the prime committee intends to marque nationalist the bulk of its non-sensitive records earlier the extremity of the year.”

“The transcripts and documents volition let the American radical to spot for themselves the assemblage of grounds we’ve gathered and proceed to research the accusation that has led america to our conclusions,” Thompson said.

– Josh Meyer and Bart Jansen

Republicans merchandise rival study that says Democratic leaders, instrumentality enforcement near Capitol susceptible to attack

Five House Republicans released a rival study Wednesday to the House Jan. 6 committee's last study that argued legislature leaders and instrumentality enforcement near the field susceptible to onslaught connected Jan. 6, 2021, but that the Democratic-led probe disregarded those failings.

Findings accused Democratic leaders of seeking to debar “optics” of a ample constabulary beingness astatine the Capitol aft Black Lives Matter protests the erstwhile year. Capitol Police lacked grooming and instrumentality to woody with a riotous mob, according to the report, which echoed findings of an earlier Senate report.

The GOP lawmakers who wrote the rebuttal are Reps. Jim Banks of Indiana, Rodney Davis of Illinois, Jim Jordan of Ohio, Kelly Armstrong of North Dakota and Troy Nehls of Texas. The 5 were nominated to service connected the committee, but House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Calif., rejected Banks and Jordan, and the others withdrew.

– Bart Jansen

Pelosi rejects Republicans: Pelosi rejects GOP picks Jordan, Banks connected Jan. 6 committee; McCarthy threatens to propulsion out

Jan. 6 committee last study inactive expected Wednesday

The committee chairman, Rep. Bennie Thompson, has said that aft releasing an enforcement summary Monday, the last study would beryllium released Wednesday.

– Bart Jansen

Hope Hicks Jan. 6 testimony: Will Trump loyalist's afloat relationship incriminate the erstwhile president?

The Jan. 6 committee already revealed damaging grounds from erstwhile Donald Trump loyalist Hope Hicks on Monday. With the afloat study coming retired arsenic aboriginal arsenic today, and a transcript of her lengthy interrogation with the House panel, what other mightiness beryllium coming retired astir what she saw and heard successful the White House that time – and successful the days and weeks starring up to it?

Hicks, for instance, told Trump she believed he’d mislaid the predetermination to Joe Biden and that determination was nary grounds of wide fraud arsenic helium had falsely been claiming. “I was becoming progressively acrophobic that we were damaging his legacy,” Hicks said successful videotaped grounds that was displayed connected a immense surface towering implicit the packed proceeding country Monday. Trump’s response? “He said thing on the lines of cipher volition attraction astir my bequest if I lose, truthful that won't matter,” Hicks said. “The lone happening that matters is winning.”

Hope Hicks testimony: Will Trump loyalist Hope Hicks' Jan. 6 grounds incriminate the erstwhile president?

Former Trump medication staffers and ineligible experts judge her afloat grounds volition beryllium adjacent much damning to the erstwhile president, some successful the tribunal of nationalist sentiment and a tribunal of instrumentality should helium ever beryllium prosecuted. “The value of Hope Hicks’ grounds to the (Jan. 6) committee cannot beryllium overlooked," said Stephanie Grisham, a Trump White House property caput and communications manager who worked intimately with Hicks. "Next to Dan Scavino, she was Trump’s astir trusted adjutant and 1 of the lone radical helium listened to. Her changeless proximity to the president makes her not conscionable invaluable arsenic a witness, but vital.”

– Josh Meyer

Jan. 6 committee members list: Who is connected the House panel?

Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss.
Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo.
Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill.
Rep. Rep. Elaine Luria, D-Va.
Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md.
Rep. Stephanie Murphy, D-Fla.
Rep. Pete Aguilar, D-Calif.
Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif.
Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif.

Who is connected the Jan. 6 committee?: Meet the members and chair

Cassidy Hutchinson Jan. 6 testimony: Unknowns stay astir what happened successful motorcade

After speaking to his supporters connected Jan. 6, 2021, adjacent the White House, telling them “we are going to the Capitol,” Trump was truthful frustrated that his motorcade was headed backmost to the White House and not to the U.S. Capitol that helium tried to drawback the steering wheel, according to June grounds from Cassidy Hutchinson, apical adjutant to Mark Meadows, the White House main of staff.

Hutchinson testified successful a summertime proceeding that she was told astir the “angry response” by then-White House lawman main of unit for operations Anthony Ornato, who told her that erstwhile Trump tried to scope the wheel, Robert Engel, the main of Trump’s information detail, grabbed his arm.

That’s erstwhile Trump utilized his escaped manus to “lunge” toward Engel’s “clavicles.”

However, the House Jan. 6 committee's executive summary released Monday contains nary of those details, instead it describes his behaviour variously arsenic “irate,” “furious,” “insistent,” “profane” and “heated” from "witnesses."

– Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy

Watchdog predicts much Jan. 6 ‘bombshells’

One authorities watchdog expects the afloat Jan. 6 committee study – expected to tally arsenic agelong arsenic 800 pages oregon much – will assistance capable successful blanks that remain, adjacent aft astir a twelve committee hearings.

“Today, the committee volition merchandise its afloat study connected the Jan. 6 insurrection — hundreds of pages packed with evidence, witnesser statements and bombshells,” Noah Bookbinder, enforcement manager of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics successful Washington, wrote successful an NBC op-ed Wednesday.

But helium argued thing volition beryllium arsenic important arsenic the decision announced Monday that Trump, “as a substance of law, incited an insurrection against the authorization of the U.S. government.”

– Donovan Slack

Liz Cheney: Trump should not beryllium allowed to service arsenic president again

Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., said Monday that former President Donald Trump should not beryllium allowed to service arsenic president again.

Cheney, vice seat of the committee, began her remarks successful the panel's last gathering by saying “at the bosom of our republic is simply a warrant of a peaceful transportation of power.”

“Every president successful our past has defended this orderly transportation of authority, but one,” Cheney said, calling Trump’s efforts connected Jan. 6, 2021 the archetypal clip an American president refused his law work to transportation powerfulness peacefully.

“This was an utter motivation nonaccomplishment and a wide dereliction of duty,” she said. “No antheral who would behave that mode astatine that infinitesimal successful clip tin ever service successful immoderate presumption of authorization successful our federation again.”

– Joey Garrison

Recap of the last Jan. 6 hearing: House committee recommends DOJ prosecute Trump implicit Capitol attack

Committee urges Justice Department to complaint Trump

In an unprecedented move, the committee recommended Monday the Justice Department complaint Trump criminally.

The proposal is nonbinding and the section already has a peculiar counsel investigating Trump. But the grounds the committee gathered could supply a roadmap for prosecutors.

The committee argued Trump violated laws governing obstruction of Congress, inciting an insurrection, conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to marque a mendacious statement. The Justice Department declined remark connected the recommendations.

Trump contends disapproval from partisan committee helps him politically

Trump, who has called the committee partisan and illegitimate, said the study would assistance him tally for president successful 2024.

Trump noted that helium wanted to forestall unit connected Jan. 6, but spent astir of his connection focused connected politics.

"These folks don’t get it that erstwhile they travel aft me, radical who emotion state rally astir me," Trump said connected the Truth Social website. "It strengthens me. What doesn’t termination maine makes maine stronger."

What does insurrection mean?

Convicting Trump of insurrection could beryllium a precocious hurdle for prosecutors to clear, according to ineligible experts. A bulk of 57 senators voted to convict him erstwhile the House impeached Trump for inciting the insurrection, but helium was acquitted for deficiency of a two-thirds majority.

Part of the situation successful transgression tribunal would beryllium proving Trump's intent to spark rebellion against the government. Trump contends helium was challenging predetermination results arsenic is his right. But lawmakers said transgression intent could beryllium recovered successful Trump's clash with Secret Service agents implicit joining the mob astatine the Capitol and successful his rally code the greeting of Jan. 6, 2021, urging protesters to "fight similar hell."

"It's not an intolerable bar, but it is simply a hard barroom to clear," said David Weinstein, a erstwhile national authoritative successful Miami. "The occupation here, arsenic always, is that you person to beryllium intent."

Inciting insurrection: A striking condemnation of Trump - but a precocious barroom for prosecutors

Bennie Thompson: Jan. 6 committee already made an impact

The House created the peculiar committee to analyse the onslaught and it volition expire erstwhile the existent Congress adjourns this month. The unfastened question is what volition its bequest entail.

The chairman, Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., has told reporters the panel's interaction has already been felt successful changing the nationalist cognition of Trump, adjacent if the last study doesn't grow connected revelations from the hearings.

Potential transgression prosecutions could beryllium 1 measurement of its influence. Legislation that grew retired of the findings, specified arsenic an overhaul of the Electoral Count Act, could beryllium different gauge.

The bequest could besides impact collegiality wrong the House. The Democratic-led committee recommended morals investigations against 4 Republican lawmakers for defying subpoenas. One of them, Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California, told Fox News connected Dec. 4 helium would region a committee member, Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., from the prime committee connected quality if helium becomes talker arsenic expected successful January.