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United States House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack

Select committee of the United States House of Representatives

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Nov 13, 2025
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Did trump incite violence on jan 6th

Donald Trump’s words and actions surrounding January 6, 2021 are tied by multiple official investigations and defendant statements to the Capitol attack, with the January 6 committee concluding he the...

Nov 11, 2025
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What exactly did Donald Trump say in his January 6 2021 speech?

Donald Trump’s January 6, 2021 speech at the Ellipse included explicit invitations to move toward the Capitol — phrases like and — alongside a memorable exhortation to and declarative claims the 2020 ...

Jan 11, 2026
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What legal arguments cite Trump's speech in January 6 cases?

The debate over how prosecutors and defense teams treat Donald Trump’s January 6, 2021 speech splits into two principal legal arguments: that the speech can be evidence of criminal wrongdoing—includin...

Nov 28, 2025

Trump funded Jan 6

Reporting establishes that the Trump campaign and related entities spent money tied to the January 6 rally and post-election fundraising that supported efforts to “stop the steal,” but sources differ ...

Nov 22, 2025

What were the major public clashes between Donald Trump and Dick Cheney after 2016?

After 2016, public clashes between Donald Trump and Dick Cheney were frequent and largely personal as well as policy-driven: Cheney called Trump a “threat to our republic” and a “coward,” appeared in ...

Nov 11, 2025

What did the January 6 Committee conclude about Trump's role in the Capitol riot?

The January 6 Committee concluded that former President Donald Trump played a central, leading role in the Capitol attack, finding he , and it unanimously voted to refer him to the Justice Department ...

Jan 17, 2026

What is the historical track record of criminal contempt referrals from Congress and how often do they result in prosecution?

Criminal contempt referrals from Congress are a blunt tool that frequently end as political statements rather than criminal cases: since 2008 the House alone has held ten individuals in criminal conte...

Dec 11, 2025

How did the committee present the timeline linking Trump's actions on Jan. 6 to the Capitol breach?

The Jan. 6 committee framed a step‑by‑step timeline tying Donald Trump’s post‑election actions — false fraud claims, a campaign to pressure officials and an effort to summon supporters to Washington —...

Nov 21, 2025

Who organized or promoted the 'Hang Mike Pence' chants before and during January 6, 2021?

Video, journalists and fact-checkers agree that crowds at and around the U.S. Capitol chanted “Hang Mike Pence” on January 6, 2021, and a makeshift gallows and noose were visible outside the Capitol ....

Nov 18, 2025

What specific phrases in Donald Trump's January 6 2021 speech incited the crowd?

Donald Trump’s January 6, 2021, “Save America” speech included a mix of scripted language (“peacefully and patriotically”) and unscripted, more combative lines — notably “We’re going to walk down to t...

Nov 12, 2025

what was donald trump's involvement on january 6

Donald Trump spoke at a "Stop the Steal" rally on January 6, 2021, sent social media messages that day, and released a short video as the Capitol was being attacked; his words and conduct that day are...

Nov 5, 2025

What exactly did Kristi Noem say about 9 million Social Security numbers and in what speech or interview was it made?

Kristi Noem has been attributed with statements claiming roughly were issued to noncitizens or improperly processed during the Biden administration, but the documentary record in the assembled sources...

Nov 3, 2025

How did the January 6 committee assess claims about election machines, ballot counting, or dead voters in 2020?

The January 6 committee concluded that claims about faulty election machines, widespread ballot-counting fraud, and votes cast by the dead were to overturn the 2020 result; the committee found that Tr...

Oct 27, 2025

Did the January 6 committee conclude that the event was an insurrection?

The January 6 committee’s final report and subsequent summaries state explicitly that the January 6, 2021 attack amounted to an , identifying former President Donald Trump as the central driver whose ...

Oct 21, 2025

What does the January 6 committee report say about Nancy Pelosi's communication with the Pentagon?

The documents and analyses you provided do not show that the January 6 committee report makes any explicit finding about Nancy Pelosi’s direct communications with the Pentagon; instead, recent comment...

Jan 19, 2026

What evidence has been produced to link specific donors or foundations to violent actions at U.S. protests?

Public reporting has produced some concrete trails tying major donors and opaque nonprofit structures to the organization, logistics and promotion of large rallies — most notably the networks that fun...

Jan 7, 2026

What did the Jan. 6 Committee find about involvement of government agencies in the attack on the Capitol?

The January 6 Committee concluded that multiple federal and local law‑enforcement and intelligence bodies had advance intelligence about threats and extremist planning but failed to anticipate the sca...

Jan 7, 2026

Did Charlie Kirk coordinate with other organizers for the January 6 rally and what communications exist?

Charlie Kirk and his Turning Point network were materially involved in organizing and promoting the January 6 “Stop the Steal” rally—publicly boasting of bus programs and funding speakers, and coordin...

Jan 6, 2026

How do legal experts define incitement in relation to January 6 events?

Legal experts frame "incitement" in the January 6 context against the Supreme Court’s Brandenburg test: criminal incitement requires intent to produce imminent lawless action and a likelihood that the...

Jan 3, 2026

did nick fuentes attend any schools?

Nick Fuentes did attend formal schools: reporting consistently places him at Lyons Township High School in suburban Chicago and shows he enrolled in college, most notably Boston University, which he l...