January 6 panel chair says Trump ‘broke the faith’ of US elections in final session
The House committee investigating the January 6 riot at the US Capitol will release its final report today, outlining why it has recommended Donald Trump and others face criminal charges over the insurrection.
Ahead of the release, the panel released a trove of transcripts from 34 Trump supporters and allies – including Roger Stone, Alex Jones, and the leaders of far-right groups the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers – who pleaded the Fifth during all or at least part of their interviews.
The full report had been slated for release on Wednesday but was delayed until Thursday due to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s surprise visit to Washington DC.
As news spread that Mr Zelensky was heading to the US, Donald Trump Jr came under fire on Twitter for branding the Ukrainian leader an “international welfare queen”.
Meanwhile, as well as the January 6 report, Mr Trump’s tax returns were also released after the House Ways and Means Committee voted Tuesday to publish six years’ worth of records. It emerged that the Internal Revenue Service failed to audit Mr Trump during his first two years in the White House.
