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Through seven hearings this summer, the House Jan. 6 panel has maintained consistent themes: Donald Trump’s stubborn resistance to advisers who told him that Joe Biden won the election, and the former president’s role in inciting the Capitol insurrection

WASHINGTON — The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot showed Tuesday the pull Donald Trump’s words had on his supporters, using the vivid personal account of Stephen Ayres, who illegally breached the building that day, to drive home its point.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina husband and wife who believed the 2020 presidential election was stolen and who smoked a joint inside the Capitol Rotunda on Jan. 6, 2021, were each sentenced to prison Tuesday.

"All of it points to the urgent need for DOJ to prosecute Donald Trump," said Rep. Pramila Jayapal.

Tuesday’s House Jan. 6 committee’s hearing examined the pull Donald Trump’s words had on those who breached the Capitol.

“If I was Trump and I knew my rhetoric killed someone,” Brad Parscale texted on Jan. 6

The January 6 committee portrays Trump as a sinister cult leader and his followers as his dupes

WASHINGTON — Stephen Ayres, an Ohio man who entered the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, testified Tuesday to the congressional committee investigating the attack. Ayres pleaded guilty last month to charges related to his actions on Jan. 6 as part of an agreement with federal prosecutors.

WASHINGTON — Sidney Powell, the Dallas lawyer who was once a key member of Donald Trump’s legal team until the former president’s personal attorneys publicly disavowed her, has been the subject of renewed focus as the House panel probing the Jan. 6 Capitol riot continues its bombshell public hearings.