The House committee probing the assault on the US Capitol laid out a searing, prime-time indictment of Donald Trump's refusal to halt or condemn the violence and insisted he should be held accountable for a gross dereliction of presidential duty.
Committee chairman Bennie Thompson, speaking at the televised finale of a series of public hearings, said Trump"recklessly blazed a path of lawlessness and corruption" as he sought to overturn the results of the 2020 US election.
"From the comfort of his dining room he watched on TV as the attack escalated," said Adam Kinzinger, one of two Republicans on the panel."Donald Trump's conduct on January 6 was a supreme violation of his oath of office and a complete dereliction of his duty to our nation," Kinzinger said."It is a stain on our history."
With Trump mulling another White House run in 2024, Republican vice chair Liz Cheney said"Every American must consider this: 'Can a president who is willing to make the choices Donald Trump made during the violence of January 6 ever be trusted with any position of authority in our great nation again?'"
"His refusal to act and call off the mob that day and his refusal to condemn the violence was indefensible," she said. The committee also examined the impact of a tweet Trump sent in December urging his supporters to descend on Washington on January 6.
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