'The content of the January 6 hearings may be even more important than the ones on Watergate, because the focus today strikes at the heart of our democracy: the peaceful transfer of power based upon the vote of the people.'
on conspiring to defraud the United States and to obstruct Congress by further filling in the intent piece.Then, it will be in the hands of prosecutors to follow the road map of proof that the committee has laid out—including Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis.
There's one other thing the committee should do both with the eighth hearing and its work to follow. That is to point out that, in a sense, the conspiracy they have ably articulated has not ended.The mob dispersed on January 6 and Trump left the White House, but he and his enablers continue to push the outrageous lie that the 2020 election was stolen. There are
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