Right-wing groups seemed to know Trump wanted an active role on Jan. 6, according to the committee's final report.
“Things are going to be happening here. Trump is going to be speaking to everyone Wed [January 6] before everyone marches to the capital [sic]. Rumour [sic] has it that he may march with us,” Denney wrote in a Jan. 4 Facebook post, according to the report.
“On January 5th, Ali Alexander sent a text to a journalist saying: Ellipse then US capitol [sic]. Trump is supposed to order us to the capitol [sic] at the end of his speech but we will see,’” the report states.Republican National Committee knew fundraising claims were false, report saysThe Republican National Committee knew that then-President Donald Trump’s claims about the election were false but continued to raise money off them anyway, the Jan. 6 report said.
RNC lawyers instructed that messages shouldn’t say “steal the election” but were to use “try to steal the election" instead, the report says. Similar moves were made to rely on insinuation, it says, with phrases changed to such language as “Only LEGAL ballots must be counted and verified,” according to the report.
Several witnesses backed her account, describing her as appearing"[v]isibly upset" after having spoken with her father, as though she had just had a"tough conversation," according to the committee.Scott Wong In addition, the Jan. 6 committee recommended that federal agencies undertake a “whole of government strategy” to root out and combat violent extremism, including white nationalists. And it urged law enforcement to designate future certifications of presidential elections as a “national special security event.” That would require greater planning, coordination and security for future Jan. 6 certification events at the Capitol.
The two-page memo Eastman drafted Dec. 23 was the first of two, and it summarized a way to ensure that “President Trump is re-elected,” the report says, adding,"From the start, President Trump was looped in on Eastman’s proposal."Andy Cross / The Denver Post via Getty Images fileCommittee says Giuliani 'frantically called' Trump and GOP lawmakers on Jan.
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