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United States House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack

The United States House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol (commonly referred to as the January 6th Committee) was a select committee of the U.S. House of Representatives established to investigate the U.S. Capitol attack.

After refusing to concede the 2020 U.S. presidential election and perpetuating false and disproven claims of widespread voter fraud, then-President Donald Trump summoned a mob of protestors to the Capitol as the electoral votes were being counted on January 6, 2021. During the House Committee's subsequent investigation, people gave sworn testimony that Trump knew he lost the election. The Committee subpoenaed his testimony, identifying him as "the center of the first and only effort by any U.S. President to overturn an election and obstruct the peaceful transition of power". He sued the committee and never testified.

On December 19, 2022, the Committee voted unanimously to refer Trump and the lawyer John Eastman to the U.S. Department of Justice for prosecution. The committee recommended charging Trump with obstruction of an official proceeding; conspiracy to defraud the United States; conspiracy to make a false statement; and attempts to "incite", "assist" or "aid or comfort" an insurrection. Obstruction and conspiracy to defraud were also the recommended charges for Eastman. The committee simultaneously released a summary of its findings, and it published the remainder of its 845-page final report three days later. That week, it also began publishing interview transcripts.

The Committee interviewed over a thousand people and reviewed over a million documents. Some members of Trump's inner circle cooperated, while others defied the committee. For refusing to testify:

* Steve Bannon and Peter Navarro were convicted of contempt of Congress and were imprisoned for four months: Navarro in March–July 2024, and Bannon in July–October 2024. * Mark Meadows and Dan Scavino were also held in criminal contempt by Congress (but not prosecuted by DOJ). * Representatives McCarthy, Jordan, Biggs, and Perry were referred to the House Ethics Committee.

The committee was formed through a largely party-line vote on July 1, 2021, and it dissolved in early January 2023. Its membership was a point of significant political contention. The only two House Republicans to vote to establish the Committee were also the only two Republicans to serve on it: Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger. The Republican National Committee censured them for their participation. Provided by Wikipedia