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Lloyd Green

The January 6 panel makes it clear: American democracy needs accountability

Members of the House select committee at the ninth public hearing held on Thursday, 13 October 2022.
Members of the House select committee at the ninth public hearing held on Thursday, 13 October 2022. Photograph: Drew Angerer/Getty Images

Thursday’s House select committee was one like no other. Shortly after 1pm, Liz Cheney, the daughter of a vice-president and Republican grandees, warned that the US, as a constitutional republic, was in danger. Two-and-a-half hours later, seven Democrats and two Republicans unanimously voted to subpoena Donald Trump. In all likelihood, he will never appear. Regardless, history had again been made.

“Why would Americans assume that our constitution and institutions of our Republic are invulnerable to another attack?” Cheney pondered.

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