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Hugo Lowell in Washington

Capitol attack panel to hold six public hearings as it aims to show how Trump broke law

Donald Trump speaks at the ‘Save America’ rally in Washington DC, on 6 January 2021, before pro-Trump supporters stormed the Capitol.
Donald Trump speaks at the ‘Save America’ rally in Washington DC, on 6 January 2021, before pro-Trump supporters stormed the Capitol. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

The House select committee investigating the January 6 attack on the Capitol is expected to stage six public hearings in June on how Donald Trump and some allies broke the law as they sought to overturn the 2020 election results, according to sources familiar with the inquiry.

The hearings are set to be a pivotal political moment for the country as the panel aims to publicly outline the potentially unlawful schemes that tried to keep the former president in office despite his defeat at the hands of Joe Biden.

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