At times, the eight public sessions of the US House committee hearings into the January 6 assault on the Capitol have felt less like a government inquiry and more like the climax of a TV drama. The revelations – with more promised for later in the year – have shocked millions of viewers, but how far have they changed attitudes towards Donald Trump, who risked everything to try to overturn the results of the 2020 election?
In the key swing state of Wisconsin, Chris McGreal finds Republicans largely unmoved by the spectacle, while Guardian US political correspondent Lauren Gambino weighs up the likelihood of criminal charges against the former president.
