The parliamentary commission of inquiry into the assault on Capitol Hill on January 6, 2021 reported to the US Department of Justice Donald Trump’s attempt to call one of the witnesses in the investigation (whose name was not disclosed) to assess any profiles penalties. This was reported by Vice President Liz Cheney at the end of the hearing, evoking an attempted bribery of witnesses.
Also, according to the commission, there was a direct relationship between the former US president’s entourage – no stranger to flirting with white supremacists – and far-right groups like Proud Boys, Oath Keepers and Three Percenters who stormed Congress to overturn the outcome of the vote. The links with extremist groups, also documented by encrypted messages, passed through figures such as those of former consultant Roger Stone and former national security adviser Michael Flynn, as well as former strategist Steve Bannon, awaiting trial for outrage. to the House for his refusal to testify in the courtroom.
The ‘January 6’ commission gathered evidence that various far-right groups wanted to protest against the settlement of Joe Biden. But to weld their alliance was an incendiary tweet from Trump on December 18, 2020, in which, declaring his defeat in the November elections “statistically impossible”, he invited supporters to participate in the rally that would later lead to revolt: “Great protest to DC on January 6. Come, it will be crazy! “. That twittering, according to the commission, was “openly murderous” and “served as a call to action, in some cases a call to arms, for many of Trump’s most loyal supporters.”