Heroes on Jan. 6, law officers became truth seekers about who was responsible for the Capitol attack
The opening day of the House select committee investigation into the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol proved to be as clarifying as it was compelling, with emotionally powerful testimony from four officers who felt the fury of the mob and who called for a full examination of the role that former president Donald Trump played in fomenting the riot.
Republicans have resisted this investigation from the start. They deep-sixed the creation of an independent, 9/11-style commission and have tried to turn the House investigation ordered by Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) into one more partisan mud fight. They have tried to shift the focus and to call into question the motives of those supporting the investigation. They threaten to punish as heretics the two members of their own party who are on the select committee.
With their appearance on Tuesday, the four officers swept much of that away. They reminded everyone why the events leading up to and including Jan. 6 demand a thorough and nonpartisan investigation, not the pettiness that has marked the run-up to Tuesday. As important, in their individual ways, the officers were demanding that those responsible be held accountable.
Their testimony provided clear marching orders for the committee: to find out what happened, how and why it happened and, not incidentally, what Trump and those close to him did to offer aid, comfort, organizational support and encouragement to the mob.
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To put it crudely the GOP crapped their bed. Let them sleep in it.
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