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The January 6th Report: The Report of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol

The January 6th Report: The Report of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol

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Summary

The most important political investigation since Special Counsel Robert S。 Mueller III’s probe into Russian influence on the 2016 election of Donald J。 Trump。
 
The full report by the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol will feature facts， circumstances， and causes related to the assault on the Capitol Complex。 Formed on July 1， 2021， the Select Committee has issued over one hundred subpoenas and held over a thousand witness interviews。
 
The report will provide the results of investigations into interference with the peaceful transfer of power; the preparedness and response of the United States Capitol police and other federal， state， and local law enforcement; and the influencing factors that fomented the insurrection and attack on American representative democracy engaged in a constitutional process。
 
The Select Committee investigation and the January 6th report will join the Mueller Report， the 9/11 Commission Report， the Warren Report， the Starr Report， and Watergate as one of the most important in history。  The January 6th Report will be required reading for everyone with interest in American politics， for every 2020 voter， and every American。 It is available here as an affordable paperback， featuring a foreword by Elizabeth Holtzman， a lawyer and political leader who was a Democratic Congresswoman from New York。 Holtzman has a unique perspective on the situation， as she served on the House Judiciary Committee charged with investigating the Watergate scandal and prepared articles of impeachment that precipitated the resignation of President Nixon。 
 

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Reviews

Nathalie Kohlman ，

A must read for every citizen。 Or anyone seeking truth。

Tom French ，

They give away the bad guy on page one！

Colette Tesoro ，

Explosive！ A feel-good story about love， perseverance， and the power of an underdog to begin the year！

Sarah Jamieson ，

A must read。 We came too close to losing our democracy and we are still in danger

Erin Wyman ，

Obligatory reading for engaged citizens。 One thing I concur with the 45th president- we can never forget January 6th， 2021。 It was history in our faces。

T。 ，

This will take some time to get through but so far it looks like a stupendous work of investigation and analysis by some very smart， dedicated public servants。 Ari Melber's intro is very compelling and clear。 More comments when I have read further。A couple of complaints: Book ordered via Amazon delivered in a thin envelope resulting in a bent/creased cover。 The printing is rather light making it harder to read than desired。 And， btw， the rear cover is offset printed so text runs off the edge and This will take some time to get through but so far it looks like a stupendous work of investigation and analysis by some very smart， dedicated public servants。 Ari Melber's intro is very compelling and clear。 More comments when I have read further。A couple of complaints: Book ordered via Amazon delivered in a thin envelope resulting in a bent/creased cover。 The printing is rather light making it harder to read than desired。 And， btw， the rear cover is offset printed so text runs off the edge and some words are missing。I get that this is a quickly printed item but still I wish some quality control had been done。 。。。more

Christina ，

This is an audio version of the Final Report and it is fantastic。 Multiple narrators crush it。 Chef’s kiss finishes with Representative Jamie Raskin’s epilogue。 Can’t recommend enough。

Sally ，

Reading this report was a chilling experience。 I kept imagining what might have happened if the mob had grabbed Mike Pence， one of the senators or representatives， or some poor young staffer。 A mob fueled by lies and violence is capable of any atrocity。 Now we must wait for the Justice Department to act。Don't let the length of the report deter you from reading it。 More than half of it consists of footnotes。 Reading this report was a chilling experience。 I kept imagining what might have happened if the mob had grabbed Mike Pence， one of the senators or representatives， or some poor young staffer。 A mob fueled by lies and violence is capable of any atrocity。 Now we must wait for the Justice Department to act。Don't let the length of the report deter you from reading it。 More than half of it consists of footnotes。 。。。more

Jean Hansen ，

THIS IS THE WRONG BOOKI started reading this book and it is a report from probably some republican I've never heard of。 I repurchased another book which is just the report in mostly blue and finally bought the blue topped book， biege bamd and red bottom。 I have finished almost 20 percent of that book and it is the complete works of approx 800+ pages。 It is not a hard read， because every word is recorded including a lot of the housekeeping work of opening the meeting etc。 I like that each one was THIS IS THE WRONG BOOKI started reading this book and it is a report from probably some republican I've never heard of。 I repurchased another book which is just the report in mostly blue and finally bought the blue topped book， biege bamd and red bottom。 I have finished almost 20 percent of that book and it is the complete works of approx 800+ pages。 It is not a hard read， because every word is recorded including a lot of the housekeeping work of opening the meeting etc。 I like that each one was divided into what the meetings were about and how they grouped them to show a point that was made。 Following those first meetings are private interviews I haven't heard yet， but it is excellent。 The blue book is the summary they made， just before Christmas， and it is good as well。 。。。more

Kristin ，

Remnick's preface is worth reading on its own。 It's articulate， with top-notch literary style， and works well as an audiobook or in print。Page turns on the Kindle Paperwhite are going to be too much for a work of this length， viewed in a larger font size。 May put this aside while I wait for the larger Kindle Scribe I ordered。 Remnick's preface is worth reading on its own。 It's articulate， with top-notch literary style， and works well as an audiobook or in print。Page turns on the Kindle Paperwhite are going to be too much for a work of this length， viewed in a larger font size。 May put this aside while I wait for the larger Kindle Scribe I ordered。 。。。more

Bart Jacob ，

Should be required reading for all Americans。

Scott ，

What I read was the Introduction/Executive Summary - a mere 154 pages。 It was a riveting thriller。 Anyone with this information has to wonder whether Donald Trump is crazy or evil to the bone or both。

Brian S ，

Anyone paying attention knew the gist of all that is co rained in the report。 Still， there are w Ty of nuggets to glean and the production value is quite stunning given the time and circumstances surrounding this publication。

Joe ，

good call to action by Jaime RaskinJaime Raskin did quite well in his epilogue。 Right to demand more democracy to push over the last vestiges of Trumpism。

Shea L。 Burchill ，

Must readThis report is easy to read， coherent， and fact based。 It should be required reading for every American。 It is truly chilling how close we all came to a Trump planned and organized coup。 Knowledge is power。

Keith ，

A must-read for every US citizen。“In the Committee’s judgment， based on all the evidence developed， President Trump believed then， and continues to believe now， that he is above the law， not bound by our Constitution and its explicit checks on Presidential authority。” （p。 299） The January 6th Report proves beyond any reasonable doubt that President Donald Trump and his closest supporters knowingly betrayed the United States to keep him in power against the will of the majority of American voters。 A must-read for every US citizen。“In the Committee’s judgment， based on all the evidence developed， President Trump believed then， and continues to believe now， that he is above the law， not bound by our Constitution and its explicit checks on Presidential authority。” （p。 299） The January 6th Report proves beyond any reasonable doubt that President Donald Trump and his closest supporters knowingly betrayed the United States to keep him in power against the will of the majority of American voters。 Whatever your political alignments， the evidence makes clear that Trump is unfit for office。 I think of a famous quote from the American founding father John Adams:“Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes， our inclinations， or the dictates of our passions， they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence。” Accepting facts and acknowledging objective reality is patriotic。 To quote someone who is actually loyal to American values， Judge Stephanos Bibas， "calling an election unfair does not make it so。 Charges require specific allegations and then proof。 We have neither here。" But we do have proof of horrifying conduct by Trump and his supporters such as Rudy Giuliani and John Eastman。 The January 6th Report lays out overwhelming evidence for all of its allegations and any rational person must take that seriously。 Title: The January 6th ReportAuthors: The Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol， David Remnick （Preface）， Jamie Raskin （Epilogue）Year 2022Genre: Nonfiction - Politics， true crimePage count: 1，388 pagesDate（s） read: 12/23/22-12/27/22Reading journal entry #335 in 2022Some quotes: “While the danger to the Capitol posed by an armed and angry crowd was foreseeable， the fact that the President of the United States would be the catalyst of their fury and facilitate the attack was unprecedented in American history。 If we lacked the imagination to suppose that a President would incite an attack on his own government， urging his supporters to 'fight like hell，' we lack that insight no more。 And the best defense against that danger will not come from law enforcement， but from an informed and active citizenry。” （p。 1119）“Judge Bibas wrote in his decision that ‘calling an election unfair does not make it so。 Charges require specific allegations and then proof。 We have neither here。’” （p。 88）“In the Committee’s judgment， based on all the evidence developed， President Trump believed then， and continues to believe now， that he is above the law， not bound by our Constitution its explicit checks on Presidential authority。” （p。 299）“As we’ve shown previously， this plan faltered at several points because of the courage of officials （nearly all of them Republicans） who refused to go along with it。 Donald Trump appeared to believe that anyone who shared his partisan affiliation would also share the same callous disregard for his or her oath to uphold the rule of law。 Fortunately， he was wrong。” （p。 43）“President Trump repeatedly lied about the election， after he had been told by his advisors that there was no evidence of fraud sufficient to change the results of the election。” （p。 218）“President Trump angrily said， ‘I don’t fucking care if they have weapons。 They’re not here to hurt me。 They can march to the capitol from here。” （p。 1088）The “evidence has led to an overriding and straight-forward conclusion: the central cause of January 6th was one man， former president Donald Trump， whom many others followed。 None of the events of January 6th would have happened without him。” （p。 71）The report shows the “thuggish behavior from President Trump’s team， including efforts to intimidate described elsewhere … gave rise to many concerns about [Cassidy] Hutchinson’s security， both in advance of and since her public testimony…。[we] note that multiple members of the Committee were regularly receiving threats of violence during this period。” （p。 366） 。。。more

Diogenes ，

The evidence is overwhelming and entered into the official， historical record now。 Deniers can be damned to whatever fantasyland hell they fear the most， because you are all domestic terrorists and seditious traitors brainwashed by weaponized lies propagated by profiteering grifters。 The blame falls on the GOP， its media outlets， and the social media giants and their f-ing algorithms。 It also falls on anyone who supported the “Big Lie” after every single instance of malfeasance was utterly dispr The evidence is overwhelming and entered into the official， historical record now。 Deniers can be damned to whatever fantasyland hell they fear the most， because you are all domestic terrorists and seditious traitors brainwashed by weaponized lies propagated by profiteering grifters。 The blame falls on the GOP， its media outlets， and the social media giants and their f-ing algorithms。 It also falls on anyone who supported the “Big Lie” after every single instance of malfeasance was utterly disproved （https://www。propublica。org/article/bi。。。）。 We can thank Elon Musk for making such things so rabidly apparent， being voted off his own island and winning the Nimrod of the Year award （https://newrepublic。com/series/28/sco。。。）。 We knew his psychological makeup years ago， just as we knew Trump’s decades ago。 We need to be vigilant against entitled ego-centric narcissists。 Everyone involved in the election denial and the assault on the Capitol should ALL be serving prison terms for conspiracy and sedition， their wealth liquidated into the public coffers， and every single “militia member” never allowed to stroke a gun again。 As the report cites， “[t]here is an essentially immovable forty per cent of the country whose loyalty to Donald Trump [and “Trumpism”， the newest incarnation of racist， xenophobic， white nationalism] cannot be shaken by anything （p。 25）， anchored to the bedrock of their delusional ideology， cognitive dissonance， and willful ignorance。 It doesn’t matter how our military generals barely held T-dawg back over and over again （https://www。newyorker。com/magazine/20。。。）。 It doesn’t matter that T-dawg and some of his cronies flirted with obtaining and selling VA medical records for personal greed （https://www。propublica。org/article/tr。。。）。 It doesn’t matter that T-dawg has always been a sociopath， pathological liar， and career fraudster。 The pathological lies of the GOP and its media outlets don’t matter。 Their grift and greed don’t matter。 Their moral hypocrisy beholden to Christian teachings doesn’t matter。 They don’t care that Walmarts， churches， night clubs， and elementary schools are massacre sites。 I doubt it would even matter if Vice President Pence’s bloated body was hanging from a railing inside the Capitol， or if Representative Ocasio-Cortez was filmed by Majorie Taylor Green being gang-raped by MAGAt incels。 We cannot expect these people—from the billionaires and their media outlets to the yokels and their Confederate flags and Viking garb—to willingly flush out the flotsam that’s clogging their grey-matter。 Research shows how hard it is to deprogram racist ideologies， and this is where I embrace the computational theory of mind coupled with B。 F。 Skinner’s radical behaviorism to make sense of this nearly incomprehensible brainlessness in the twenty-first century。 These toxic demographics must be suffocated politically， and to do that we need every clear-headed citizen getting people to vote for the greater good and the future of all those generations yet born。 Nihilism， defeatism， and hopelessness will help no one。 This report is obviously free to anyone， but I purchased The New Yorker’s version from Barnes & Noble for two reasons: I support true journalism and consider the staff of The New Yorker’s to be second to none， and this is one simple way to show that; and， I respect David Remnick and Congressman Jamie Raskin and believe them both to be upholders of progressive ideologies who wish to see this country transform in dynamic ways towards a better future for all。 Remnick’s preface and Raskin’s epilogue are solid bookends to the report and they carry no illusions about the commission， acknowledging “[t]he committee and its work were far from apolitical， and yet to dismiss the report as merely political would be a perilous act of resignation and defeatism” （p。 24）。 This line is crucial to all。 This nation faces a schism in ideology， nearly militantly divisive by certain factions who are psychologically unhinged and mentally prepared to do whatever it takes to control the levers of power while they can。 In a parallel universe， this report could be erased from the historical record， Orwellian style。 Now comes the incredibly tough part of prosecution in such a political climate with the GOP being so deranged。 Look， I have no love for the Cheneys or Congresswoman Pelosi or any politician who has ever favored CEOs and stockholders and Wall Street over the labor force。 As an Iraq Vet and the son of a Vietnam vet， I hate the warmongers that keep the military-industrial-congressional complex fat and happy while dehumanizing and vilifying other cultural groups in all too simplistic terms。 I hate corporate welfare， the tax-evaders， the wealth-hoarders， the fact that billionaires are even allowed to exist， and everyone who enables it all。 That leaves very few standing morally upright in my view。 The lower classes must come first in a representative democracy， and we must be focused on creating a new system to replace vampiric capitalism， but the status quo has been corrupted by special interests and corporate entities for a very long time。 Perhaps it is beyond hope， but burning it to the ground will forever doom the entire world in the face of slow-motion but catastrophic climate change。 Time is not on our side。 An idiocracy like Atwood’s Republic of Gilead would be disastrous。 NPR （https://www。npr。org/2022/12/23/114520。。。） and The New Yorker （https://www。newyorker。com/news/americ。。。） both give thoughtful breakdowns of this momentous report， saving me the time and granting more authority to the sentiments I share。 This battle for representative democracy is far from over， and every single citizen needs to be awakened to the reality of it all。 I’m aware that 60% of Americans cannot afford a $500 emergency bill， that too many are chained to credit-card debt， that inflation has millions of families on the brink of economic poverty in the wealthiest nation on Earth， that our education system has left too many without the skills to critically analyze anything or vet their sources of information， and that screens have captured our brains with Pavlovian addiction， our attention spans suffering from that poisonous overdose。 We need drastic changes。 The first will be to hold insurrectionist liars and their foot-soldiers accountable。 We’ll see if even that can be adequately accomplished and go from there。 Next up: the antiquated Electoral College system needs to be aborted completely。 Guardrails need to be reinforced with severe， punitive consequences to those who seek to usurp them。 We need national voting standards that are enforceable， Election Day a national holiday， and a nation-wide voting system that is secure， accessible， and irreproachable。 Much work to do， little time to produce it， and monstrous forces of opposition to all of it。 Wish I could see what historians a hundred years from now have to say about all of this。 Every day is one of history。 What role are you playing in it？ 。。。more

William de_Rham ，

I’m about 175 pages into this 1，400-page document authored by the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol。The report is exceedingly well-written。 Although I’m pretty sure it was written by lawyers， it does not come off as dry or legalistic。 In simple language， it clearly explains what happened during the days leading up to， and on， January 6th as well as whom the committee believes was responsible for the attack and why。 The report’s major conclusion， I’m about 175 pages into this 1，400-page document authored by the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol。The report is exceedingly well-written。 Although I’m pretty sure it was written by lawyers， it does not come off as dry or legalistic。 In simple language， it clearly explains what happened during the days leading up to， and on， January 6th as well as whom the committee believes was responsible for the attack and why。 The report’s major conclusion， based on what seems to be a great deal of evidence， is that President Trump knew there was no proof to support his claim that the election was stolen and that， nevertheless， he sought to keep himself in power by pressuring Vice President Mike Pence to declare votes for Biden invalid。 When Pence refused， Trump’s encouragement led a violent mob to attack the U。S。 Capitol。The report also details many other transgressions by Trump， and various lawyers （e。g。， Rudy Giuliani， John Eastman） supporting his plan to have the election declared fraudulent， in order to continue as President。The picture the report paints is not a pretty one， at least regarding Mr。 Trump and especially concerning his pre-January 6th attempts to define the election as “stolen;” and his attempts to co-opt and even corrupt the Justice Department。 More encouraging are the committee’s descriptions of the many individuals， at both the federal and state levels， who resisted Trump and insisted on fulfilling their constitutional and/or statutory duties， despite intense pressure。On a recent news program， I understood a current Trump lawyer to say that the most important aspect of the committee’s work was the evidence it would be conveying to the Justice Department and that some of this evidence would be exculpatory。 I have no idea whether that’s so， but so far， I’m not seeing any indication of that in the committee’s report。 And while the Justice Department apparently is under no obligation to bring charges against Mr。 Trump based on the committee’s criminal referral， the report seems so damning as to make it very difficult for the department not to bring indictments。Thus， the report would seem to be a crucial document for anyone who wants to gain a factual understanding of January 6th and the events leading up to it， and/or who wants to comprehend the criminal charges and trials that may ensue。 。。。more

Allison Heckethorn ，

Thorough and clear with facts， but also easy to follow。 Every American should read this report。

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