Again. I think I witnesses and thank my colleagues for this hearing.
As we conclude our filth hearing in this series, I want to remind
the American people of a few things the committee has shown.
Donald Trump lost the 2020 election.
Top Republican officials who supported Trump knew that he lost and
told him he lost.
Trump knew he lost.
Those who say the election was affected by widespread voter fraud,
align
They were lying in 2020. They were lying in 2021.
Indeed they are lying today.
Donald Trump went to court.
That's the
Write in a candidate seeking to challenge the outcome of an election
must do.
Donald Trump lost in court.
Dozens and dozens of time.
He lost, in part because there was no evidence that voter fraud had
any impact on the results of the election.
To borrow a phrase from our witness earlier this week.
Mr Bowers, all he had was theories.
And no evidence.
Is absolute said if you're running for office in the United States
That's the end of the line.
You accept the court's judgment. You can see the race. You respect
the rule of law.
And the will of the voters.
But for Donald Trump
That wasn't the end of the line.
Not even close.
The voters refused to keep him in office.
The court refused to keep him in office, but he continued to lie.
And he went in search of anyone who would go along with his scheme.
And we have shown today.
He pressured the Justice Department to act as an arm of his reelection
campaign.
He hoped Law enforcement officials would give the appearance of legitimacy
to his lies, so he and his allies had some veneer of credibility.
When they told the country
At the election was stolen.
Earlier this week.
We showed how Donald Trump brought the weight of the presidency down
on local and state officials who are trying to do their jobs and
ultimately did
They investigated his claims and found them to be false. And then
they endured Trump's pressure campaign at great risk to themselves
and their loved ones.
And of course, there was a scheme to get the former vice president
Mike Pence, the violate the law and the Constitution by rejecting
the electoral college votes on January 6th.
And blocking the peaceful transfer of power.
I mentioned the former vice president last because, as we showed
when he refused to bow to the pressure in those critical moments
on January, 6th
That was a backup plan for stopping the transfer of power.
The mob and their vile threats up to this point.
We've shown that inner workings of what was essentially a political
coup.
An attempt to use the powers of the government from the local level
all the way up to overturn the results of the election.
Find me to votes sin. Fake electors just say the election was corrupt.
Along the way. We saw threats of violence. We saw what some people
were willing to do.
In the service of the nation.
The Constitution. No.
In service of Donald Trump.
When the Select committee continues this series of hearings, we're
going to show how Donald Trump tapped into the threat of violence,
how he summoned the mob to Washington.
And how, After corruption and political pressure failed to keep Donald
Trump in office violence became the last option.
I investigation is ongoing.
Those hearings have spurred an influx of new information that the
committee and our investigators are working to assess.
We are committed to presenting the American people with the most
complete information possible.
That will be our aim when we reconvene in the coming weeks.
The chair, however, request those in the hearing room remain seated.
Until the Capitol police said escorted members from the room without