THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.
Starts with the Testimony of an OATHKEEPER on why they were in the Capitol that day, and what motivated them:
"...were provoked to travel to Washington by President Donald Trump’s tweets and by Trump’s false claims that the 2020 Presidential
election was “stolen” from him."
When asked by prosecutors to characterize his behavior that day, He Said:
"I guess I was [acting] like a traitor, somebody against my
own government."
The Executive Summary goes on to relate that many defendants who were charged for their behavior on Jan,6th expressed the same regrets and sense of shame for the criminal activities they engaged in. More Important, it seems Donald Trumps words and actions were just about the only motivating factor that triggered their behavior.
The Committee then summarized its conclusions;
"This Report supplies an immense volume of information and testimony assembled through the Select Committee’s investigation, including information obtained following litigation in Federal district and appellate courts, as
well as in the U.S. Supreme Court. Based upon this assembled evidence, the
Committee has reached a series of specific findings, including the following:"
1- Beginning election night and continuing through January 6th and thereafter, Donald Trump purposely disseminated false allegations of
fraud related to the 2020 Presidential election...
2- Knowing that he and his supporters had lost dozens of election lawsuits, and despite his own senior advisors refuting his election fraudclaims and urging him to concede his election loss, Donald Trumprefused to accept the lawful result of the 2020 election.
3- Despite knowing that such an action would be illegal...Donald Trump corruptly pressured Vice President Mike Pence to refuse to count
electoral votes during Congress’s joint session on January 6th.
4- Donald Trump sought to corrupt the U.S. Department of Justice by attempting to enlist Department officials to make purposely false
statements...
5- ...Donald Trump unlawfully pressured State officials and legislators to change the results of the election in their States.
6- Donald Trump oversaw an effort to obtain and transmit false electoral
certificates to Congress and the National Archives.
7- Donald Trump pressured Members of Congress to object to valid slates of electors from several States.
8- Donald Trump purposely verified false information filed in Federal
court.
9- Based on false allegations that the election was stolen, Donald Trump summoned tens of thousands of supporters to Washington...Donald Trump instructed them to march to the Capitol on January 6th to “take back” their country.
10- Knowing that a violent attack on the Capitol was underway and knowing that his words would incite further violence, Donald Trump purposely sent a social media message publicly condemning Vice
President Pence at 2:24 p.m. on January 6th.
11. Knowing that violence was underway at the Capitol, and despite his
duty to ensure that the laws are faithfully executed, Donald Trump refused repeated requests over a multiple hour period that he instruct
his violent supporters to disperse and leave the Capitol, and instead watched the violent attack unfold on television. This failure to act
perpetuated the violence at the Capitol and obstructed Congress’s
proceeding to count electoral votes.
MY ANALYSIS- This is pretty straightforward. DONALD TRUMP WAS, LITERALLY, THE SOLE INSTIGATOR OF THE JAN 6TH ATTACK ON THE CAPITOL.
In fact, it seems he delegated very little of the actual Criminal Behavior to subordinates.
- The Planning.
- The Justification.
- The Threats and Intimidation.
- Attempted Corruption of
Government Employees to go along
with the plan.
All of this comes from him directly, although he
did remain quiet about one thing: The Initial pleas
for him to go on the air and urge his supporters to stop the
violence, and leave the capitol. He did nothing for hours, but just
watched it on TV.
The fact DONALD TRUMP had no evidence that the election was stolen
from him, and that he lost every court case, meant nothing. All that mattered
is what he wanted*, and no U.S. CONSTITUTION WAS GOING TO GET IN HIS WAY.
I think Benedict Arnold was an amateur compared to this guy. Arnold wanted to betray West Point
to the British. TRUMP WANTED TO BETRAY THE ENTIRE COUNTRY TO ITS ENEMIES,
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.
SEE PART 3.
*Also what his overseas allies, along with Fascist Element of the GOP, wanted.
But that's another story.
