January 6th Final Report
January 6th Final Report
The Final Report from the Select Committee Investigating the January 6, 2021 Attack on the U.S. Capitol
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(I read this in the original PDF version issue by the January 6 Committee. In that version, the notes were not easy to navigate on my Kindle readers. Simple automated conversion to Kindle format made the formatting worse. I am also reading the Harper edition with the forward by Ari Melber that was delivered today (12/30/2022)).
An important document in contemporary American history. It thoroughly and meticulously documents the actions and events that led up to the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, the events of the day itself, and subsequent events.
It is scathing.
I did not find it an easy book to read. I did not find the heavily annotated text so difficult, although, technically I suppose it was. What I found difficult seeing the depravity of the GOP, the Trump administration, and the right-wing extremists who planned and carried out the attack. The meticulous documentation of their ceaseless lies and abuses of power made for both a depressing and angry read.
One hopes that the Department of Justice indictments will be forthcoming in the new year. Besides Trump and his inner circle that plotted the insurrection, more than a few of the new House committee chairs deserve to be behind bars with their ground troops for seditious conspiracy for their roles supporting the January 6 coup attempt.