The purpose of the demonstration was to stop or at least delay the confirmation of the result of the fake election. Was it organized? Evidently not! Did President Trump order it? Evidently not. If the Dumbocrats had even a scintilla of hard evidence -- e.g. a surreptitious recording of Mr Trump using the word "coup" or anything like it -- last night would have been the time to produce it. But there was nothing except allegations by never-Trumpers and the lickspittle media that "he was at the centre of it."
Of course President Trump was at the centre of things. He was still president, remember, and was in the White House as the events of 1/6 unfolded. He may have been as surprised as most others when the protest got out of hand. But the most he was accused of last night was not acting quickly or firmly enough to put a stop to the "riot". And that's old news.
Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY), Vice-chair of the January 6th Committee, said in her opening statement they had hard evidence that President Trump had a "sophisticated seven-part plan" to overturn the results of the 2020 election. And she averred that the Committee had obtained evidence that the White House had prior information of planned violence.
All Ms Cheney could produce, though, was a clip of Steve Bannon saying on his January 5th podcast that "all hell is going to break loose" at the Capitol the next day. Mr Bannon's prediction -- accurate enough, as it turned out -- is not evidence of prior knowledge of violence.
If Ms Cheney is telling the truth and has the goods, let's see what they've got! It is crucial that there be hard evidence, something more than the characterization of Ms Cheney or another committee member. The entire credibility of this committee comes down to that point.
After Ms Cheney wrapped up her very lengthy opening remarks, Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS), introduced a video package that he said contained footage "mostly" never seen before. It turned out to be a video of protesters breaching the Capitol, with an overlay of President Trump's voice.
NewsMax anchor Greg Kelly tweeted: "Now they're just running POLITICAL COMMERCIALS. I mean, putting Trump's voice over this video -- it's FAKE. It's HOLLYWOOD. LUDICROUS!" Even NBC News' Lester Holt had to concede that "a lot of these shots will seem familiar to people."
Rep. Cheney's introduction was mostly a preview of future hearings. She said that the committee’s investigation is "ongoing" and that the Justice Department has only publicly revealed some of its work, and more may come out, errr, later.
Rep. Thompson, closing the two-hour-long piece of "resistance theater", said that the committee will reconvene next week and "examine the lies that convinced those men and others to storm the Capitol, to try to stop the transfer of power, he said, adding "We’re going to take a close look at the first part of Trump's attack on the rule of law, when he hit the fuse that ultimately resulted in the violence of January 6."
Walt sez, don't stay tuned. There was nothing new to see last night, and there will be nothing new later... or ever. Lifetime pct .990.
CORRECTION and update added 12/6. Agent 17 points out that there was more than one casualty connected with the events of January 6th. However, 35-year-old Ashli Babbitt, a veterean of the USAF, was the only one shot and killed by a cop. Rosanne Boyland, 34, of Kennesaw GA, Kevin Greeson, 55, of Athens AL, and Benjamin Phillips, 50 of Ringtown PA, died from other forms of trauma.
Further reading: "History Tells Us That What Happened on Januaryh 6th Was Not an Insurrection", on Dr. Rich Swier's blogsite, 11/6/33.
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