Five key conclusions from the January 6 panel’s final session

Jamie Raskin carries the committee’s final report on Capitol Hill in Washington DC on 19 December. Photograph: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters

The House January 6 committee has staged its final public hearing and issued the first sections of its report. According to its chairman, Bennie Thompson, it will both release “the bulk of its non-sensitive records” before the end of the year and transmit criminal referrals, for Donald Trump and others, to the Department of Justice by the end of business on Monday.

Here are some key conclusions after the final session on Capitol Hill.