The United States a year after the attack on the Capitol Building

A year after the attack on the Capitol, in Washington, American society remains deeply divided over what happened during that violent day and the degree of responsibility of then-President Donald Trump.

More than 70 percent of Republican voters believe that if Trump had anything to do with that episode, it would be “to some degree,” while 92 percent of Democrats blame him entirely for the events, which left five dead and more. 140 wounded security personnel.

Also troubling is that for a majority of Republicans (62 percent) there was fraud in the 2020 election, an opinion matrix formulated by the former president who allegedly incited his ardent, unconditional followers to attack the Capitol in January. 6, 2021.

A newspaper poll Washington Post The University of Maryland also found that four in 10 of those interviewed agreed that anti-government violence was justified.

Some observers maintain that for those of the red power the best thing is to look the other way in regard to this shameful event – considered the worst attack on democracy in the United States – because they know their aspirations to return to the white. The House once again passes through Trump increasingly determined to seek the presidency in 2024.

The Blues, for their part, are adamant about collecting evidence implicating the former Oval Office inhabitant of what happened that day and wonder why it took so long to say “enough” after finding out what was going on.

Since its creation six months ago, the House of Representatives Special or Select Committee to Investigate the Riots, with the support of advisers, including former prosecutors, has interviewed more than 300 witnesses and collected nearly 35,000 documents.

In addition, the team’s congressmen toured the country to speak with election officials in disputed states such as Arizona and Pennsylvania, where Trump, without evidence, insists that fraud occurred on November 3, 2020.

Representative Adam B. Schiff, a California Democrat who led the former president’s first impeachment proceedings: “We’re moving as fast as I think any congressional committee has.”

The newspaper quoted the congressman as saying that the committee is still facing a series of lawsuits brought by Trump and his allies to try to block or slow down the subpoenas and file requests. New York times.

“I think some really important witnesses are trying to deprive the commission and the American people of what they know,” Schiff warned.

Members of Trump’s closest circle who refused to cooperate with the investigation have been accused of contempt of Congress, as have his chief of staff, Mark Meadows, and his strategist. Steve BannonHis trial is scheduled for next summer.

To date, the Department of Justice has indicted more than 700 people with certain degrees of involvement in incidents, not a few of whom are members of far-right groups and movements (some of them heavily armed) such as QAnon, Stop the Steal, Oath Keepers and the Proud Boys.

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The main accusation of prosecutors relates to illegal entry into a prohibited place (Congress), as well as charges of aggression or resistance to authority.

Of the total accused, 70 received convictions and 31 were imprisoned, including Robert Scott Palmer (he was sentenced to five years in prison) and Jacob ChansleyKnown as “Shaman Qanoun”, he spends three years and five months in prison.

On January 6, about 10,000 Trump supporters marched to the Capitol and about 800 stormed the Legislature to prevent the endorsement of Democrat Joe Biden’s victory.

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Although the former White House chief himself said the rebels were unarmed, the photos collected show the opposite: most of them carry axes, baseball bats, hockey sticks, and other artifacts.

On the eve of the anniversary, the special committee is awaiting a Supreme Court decision on whether or not to block Trump’s request for access to records of activities and meetings held at the Executive Palace on January 6 last year.

Republican Liz Cheney, the committee’s vice chair, warned her party must choose: “We can be loyal to Trump or we can be loyal to the Constitution, but we can’t be loyal to both, and now there are a lot of Republicans trying to help the former president.”

Committee Chairman Benny Thompson (D-Mississippi) said.

For now, Trump is still not acknowledging his electoral defeat and asking burning questions.

Kotb recently asked “Why not investigate the cause of the January 6 protest, which was the fraudulent 2020 presidential election?”