After 18 months, the inquiry looking into what happened on 6 January 2021 when a violent mob forced its way into the Capitol – is finally at an end. The committee released a damning report, more than 800 pages in length, and recommended that Donald Trump face four criminal charges. But will he?
Hugo Lowell is a reporter in the Guardian’s Washington bureau and he told Hannah Moore what the committee set out to uncover and why its conclusion was so damning for the former president. Yet with the committee having no powers to press criminal proceedings, is it likely he will face charges for the events that happened two years ago? And what effect will it have on his presidential bid?
