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The January 6 insurrection was an attempt to subvert the 2020 presidential election, which would have been a violation of the democratic process in general. An organized and armed mob broke into the US Capitol building on 2021/01/06, shouting threats to kill at least two politicians (calls of "hang Mike Pence!" were most notable; there were also threats against Nancy Pelosi).

This event was merely the most visible manifestation so far of the Trump self-coup attempt now in progress and is widely viewed as a practice run for the 2024 election, when Trump plans to run for president again despite having lost in 2020. Ongoing Congressional investigation into this insurrection has revealed a lot of information about the nature of the coup in general.

Links

Reference

Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the Capitol
- membership

News

2021-12-15 Jim Jordan sent one of the texts revealed by January 6 committee Ohio Republican Representative Jim Jordan «confirmed to CNN that he forwarded a text to Meadows on January 5 that was sent to him by Joseph Schmitz, a former Department of Defense inspector general. Schmitz's text included a draft presentation arguing that Pence had the constitutional authority to object to the certification of election results from certain states.»
2021-12-14 'Need to end this call': January 6 committee reveals new text messages to Meadows on House floor
2021-12-13
- January 6 panel unveils text messages to Meadows from Don Jr. and Fox hosts as contempt charge advances «Donald Trump Jr., Fox News personalities and lawmakers unsuccessfully implored then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows on January 6 to get President Donald Trump to stop the violence unfurling at the US Capitol, according to text messages relayed by the House committee investigating the attack.»
- Anti-Democracy PowerPoint Circulator Says He Met with Meadows, Briefed Lawmakers: Reports
2021-12-11 Inside the 38-page PowerPoint TrumpWorld circulated to justify election subversion
- A similar version of the PowerPoint has been circulating online: archive.org
2021-12-10
- Jan. 6 PowerPoint: Rep. Schiff says Trump aide demolished his own legal defense (video with summary)
- Capitol attack panel obtains PowerPoint that set out plan for Trump to stage coup
  - reprint: yahoo!news
- January 6 committee subpoenas Trump-backed congressional candidate and several others:
  - Max Miller, «former aide to former President Donald Trump and current Ohio congressional candidate»
  - Robert "Bobby" Peede Jr.
  - Brian Jack, Trump's director of political affairs
  - Bryan Lewis, who had a (the?) rally permit for January 6 outside the Capitol
  - Ed Martin, an organizer with the "Stop the Steal" movement
  - Kimberly Fletcher, who is tied to "Moms for America" and helped organize the January 5 rally at Freedom Plaza and the January 6 rally at the Ellipse
2021-12-09
- Facing contempt charges, Meadows sues to block Jan. 6 panel's subpoenas
- Appeals court rejects Trump's bid to keep January 6 documents from House committee «However, the DC Circuit Court of Appeals paused its ruling for two weeks so that Trump could seek a Supreme Court intervention. [...] Trump spokeswoman Liz Harrington said in a statement following the ruling that "regardless of today's decision by the appeals court, this case was always destined for the Supreme Court."» -- because Trump's best card right now is endless delays, hoping to keep any more shoes from dropping until after the 2022 midterms.
2021-12-07 July trial set for Steve Bannon in Jan. 6 Capitol riot contempt of Congress case «A federal judge set a tentative July 18 start date for the trial of former Trump advisor Steve Bannon on charges of contempt of Congress for refusing to cooperate with a probe of the Capitol riot.»
- discussion: Nextdoor
2021-12-06
- 'Absolute liars': Ex-D.C. Guard official says generals lied to Congress about Jan. 6 «Matthews' memo, sent to the Jan. 6 select committee this month and» obtained by POLITICO, «includes detailed recollections of the insurrection response as it calls two Army generals — Gen. Charles Flynn, who served as deputy chief of staff for operations on Jan. 6, and Lt. Gen. Walter Piatt, the director of Army staff — “absolute and unmitigated liars” for their characterization of the events of that day.»
- Trump’s Next Coup Has Already Begun «January 6 was practice. Donald Trump’s GOP is much better positioned to subvert the next election.» (long read)
2021-12-01 Capitol Rioter Broke Into The FBI, Lost His ID And Backpack, And Had An Armed Standoff With Police: Timothy Desjardins, a barber shop owner from Providence
2021-11-30
- Trump called aides hours before Capitol riot to discuss how to stop Biden victory
- Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows cooperating with Jan. 6 panel, averts contempt showdown – for now
2021-11-24 Jan. 6 Organizers Used Burner Phones to Talk to Trump Family: Report
2021-11-23 WATCH: Alex Jones Says His Orders for the January 6th Insurrection Came from Trump
2021-11-22
- Man charged with carrying loaded firearm to the Capitol on Jan. 6 -- just one of multiple murder threats against Nancy Pelosi
- Fox News commentators resign over Tucker Carlson Jan. 6 series: when you're too far overboard even for Jonah Goldberg, it's time to reconsider.
2021-11-20 Remorseless Capitol Rioter Seals His Fate At Sentencing With Rambling Screed Before A Federal Judge: John Lolos pleaded guilty in August to one misdemeanor count of parading, demonstrating or picketing in a Capitol building. The Department of Justice asked Mehta to give him 30 days behind bars for his role in the Capitol riot.
2021-11-11 Jan. 6 committee to Mark Meadows: Testify Friday or risk contempt charges
2021-11-10
- After tearfully begging for mercy, violent insurrectionist is sentenced to 41 months in prison
- 'Forrest Gump' defense of 'QAnon Shaman' doesn't play, prosecutors ask for 51 months
- Online Restaurant Review Leads FBI To Unforgettable Insurrectionist With The Most Gawd Awful Sweater «Hamner allegedly used an image of himself at the Capitol — superimposed with former president Donald Trump — as his profile photo on the right-wing social media app Telegram. FBI agents traced the Telegram account to a phone number associated with both Hamner's wife and a tiling business he runs in Colorado Springs. Additionally, a person who 'has had personal contact with Hamner' confirmed to investigators that he was the man seen in the videos and in an online business review Hamner left for a restaurant, according to court records.»
2021-11-08 Capitol rioter flees the FBI to seek asylum in Belarus «The FBI charged Evan Neumann with six crimes, including assaulting officers and violent entry...»
2021-11-05 There's no such thing as a bad day in court for Donald Trump when it comes to Jan. 6
2021-11-04 Liz Cheney's revelation on Jan. 6 committee interviewing 150-plus witnesses should terrify McCarthy
2021-10-29 Capitol Police officer resigns after indictment on obstructing Jan. 6 investigation
2021-10-25 Report claims 6 January organisers met with GOP lawmakers and were told of ‘blanket’ White House pardon
2021-10-24
- EXCLUSIVE: Jan. 6 Protest Organizers Say They Participated in ‘Dozens’ of Planning Meetings With Members of Congress and White House Staff
  - reprint: Yahoo! News
  - analysis: (DailyKos, 10/25) Two Jan. 6 rally organizers are talking, and congressional Republicans should be nervous
- Jan. 6 committee chair: 'No question' Capitol riot was a premeditated attack
- Paul Gosar assured Jan. 6 protest organizers they would get a 'blanket pardon' while they were planning rallies: report
2021-10-22 Right wing streamer confirmed as Capitol rioter after deleted footage surfaces: yes, it was more violent than the denialist narrative claims
2021-10-10
- No. 2 House Republican refuses to say election wasn’t stolen «Steve Scalise repeatedly refused to say on Sunday that the 2020 election wasn’t stolen»
- Fiona Hill says January 6 was a "dress rehearsal"
- US Capitol Police whistleblower alleges leadership failures on January 6
2021-01-05 Election Fraud, Foreign Interference & Options for 6 JAN (via): PowerPoint presentation which came up in an email Mark Meadows gave to the Jan. 6 Commission
2021-01-03 In call, Trump demands Georgia officials 'find' votes to tilt election

denialism

2021-09-20 The January 6 Insurrection Hoax by Roger Kimball: «the January 6 protest at the Capitol building in Washington, D.C. lasted a few hours, caused minimal damage, and the only person directly killed was an unarmed female Trump supporter who was shot by a Capitol Police officer.»
- - reprint: 10/8 RealClearPolicy

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 This event was merely the most visible manifestation so far of the [[Trump self-coup]] attempt now in progress and is widely viewed as a practice run for the 2024 election, when Trump plans to run for president again despite having lost in 2020. Ongoing Congressional investigation into this insurrection has revealed a lot of information about the nature of the coup in general.
 ==Links==
+===Reference===
+* [https://january6th.house.gov/ Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the Capitol]
+** [https://january6th.house.gov/about/membership membership]
+===News===
 * '''2021-12-15''' [https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/15/politics/jim-jordan-mark-meadows-text/index.html Jim Jordan sent one of the texts revealed by January 6 committee] Ohio Republican Representative [[Jim Jordan]] {{fmt/quote|confirmed to CNN that he forwarded a text to Meadows on January 5 that was sent to him by [[Joseph Schmitz]], a former Department of Defense inspector general. Schmitz's text included a draft presentation arguing that Pence had the constitutional authority to object to the certification of election results from certain states.}}
 * '''2021-12-14''' [https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/14/politics/january-6-committee-text-messages/index.html 'Need to end this call': January 6 committee reveals new text messages to Meadows on House floor]