The House select committee investigating the attempted insurrection at the US Capitol on 6 January 2021 has announced a previously unscheduled public hearing.
The bipartisan committee, chaired by Mississippi Democrat Bennie Thompson, is examining precisely what caused a violent mob of Donald Trump supporters, led on by the 45th president’s “Big Lie” alleging electoral fraud, to storm the legislative complex as part of a misguided attempt to stop the certification of Joe Biden’s victory.
