WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 13: Members of the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S.
Capitol vote unanimously to subpoena former President Donald Trump during a hearing in the Cannon House Office Building on October 13, 2022 in Washington, DC. The bipartisan committee, in possibly its final hearing, has been gathering evidence for almost a year related to the January 6 attack at the U.S. Capitol. On January 6, 2021, supporters of former President Donald Trump attacked the U.S.
“They have done a brilliant job of outlining the story and telling the facts about an attempt to overthrow our government. They’ve made it understandable. They need to write it simply and not get bogged down in the footnotes and Washington speak,” said Roemer, a former ambassador to India who is now co-chair of Issue One ReFormers Caucus, a good government advocacy group.and landing on bestseller lists. It was even adapted into a graphic novel. The Jan.
In the weeks after supporters of former President Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in an attempt to stop the certification of the 2020 election, Congress came close to appointing a similar independent commission to investigate how the U.S. had endured such a traumatic attack on its democracy.five Republicans and five Democrats. The measure passed the Democratic-controlled House overwhelmingly, 252-to-175, with 35 Republicans joining all Democrats in favor.
Roemer said Pelosi’s decision to include two Republicans on the committee “showed her masterful legislative skills,” but said he would have liked to have seen Pelosi add more Republicans. Having avoided a partisan clash, the committee has “simply and succinctly explained the timeline and the story of Jan. 6. Pure, plain and simple.”"Our judicial system isfor what they did, for three years, five years, seven years. Some trials may send people to prison for 15 to 20 years for seditious conspiracy," he said."The judicial system is showing and underscoring that this was an attempt to overthrow our government, with serious penalties.
in the 18 months after the Jan. 6 attacks shows that the number of Republicans who believe Trump's"big lie" has fallen from an average of 66% to 60%.“A 6% reduction is impactful and moving in the right direction. If they had had more Republican members, could they have moved it 12% or 15%? I think they could have. I still think 6% is progress. Six percent is good,” Roemer said.