The Choose Committee to Examine the January. sixth Assault on the U.S. Capitol started its investigation final yr and has performed 9 hearings so far.

Final spring, federal district court docket Decide David O. Carter reviewed proof submitted by the committee and reached the conclusion that President Trump “launched a marketing campaign to overturn a democratic election, an motion unprecedented in American historical past.” Mr. Trump “extra probably than not” violated two legal statutes by “corruptly try[ing] to hinder the Joint Session of Congress on January 6, 2021,” and “dishonestly conspiring” to take action.