US Jan 6 committee hearing focuses on Trump – A timeline

The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol holds its first public hearing to reveal the findings of a year-long investigation, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 9. [Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via AP Pool] (AP Photo)

In the first of several hearings on the January 6 insurrection that sought to violently overturn the results of the 2020 election, committee members placed ultimate culpability for the day’s events decisively on the shoulders of former President Trump.

Liz Cheney, the Republican vice-chair of the panel, said that Trump “lit the flame of this attack”.