>> The chair is authorized to
declare the committee in recess
at any point.
Pursuant to house depositional
authority regulation 10, the
chair announces the committee's
approval to release the
deposition material during the
hearing.
Good afternoon and may god bless
the United States of America.
We present our findings to you,
the American people.
From the beginning, we
understood some people watching
those proceedings would wrongly
assume that the committee's
investigation was partisan
exercise.
It is simply to listen, to
listen to the evidence and
testimony and let the facts's
by former president Donald Trump
to overturn the 2020 election.
Donald Trump lost his bid for
reelection as it shone the
testimony of some of the
president's closest allies.
Despite this knowledge, Donald
Trump went to court to contest
the 2020 election and he lost in
court.
The electoral college met and
declared Joe Biden the winner.
Donald Trump continued to pull
out all of the stops in his
attempt to stay in power.
Donald Trump proceeded to do
after the 2020 election is
something no president has done
before in our country.
In a staggering betrayal of his
oath, he attempted a plan that
led to an attack on a pillar of
our democracy that is still hard
to believe.
The facts and testimony are
clear, consistent, and
undisputed.
How do we know this?
How have we been able to present
such a clear picture of what
took place?
Because of what we have heard
and presented to you through
these proceedings.
Because of the documentary
evidence we have gathered and
made available directly to you,
the American people, when you
look back at what has come out
through this committee's work,
the most striking fact is all of
this evidence comes almost
entirely on Republicans.
Evidence that has emerged, it
did not come from Democrats or
opponents of Donald Trump.
Instead, look at who has
testified and produced evidence.
Who has that been?
Aides who have worked loyally
for Donald Trump four years.
Republican state officials and
legislators.
Republican
national committee.
Political professionals who work
at the highest levels of the
trump campaign.
Trump appointees who served in
the most senior positions in the
justice department.
President trump's staff and
closest advisors in the white
house.
Members of president trump's
family.
His own white house counsel.
I served in congress a long
time.
I could tell you it is tough for
any congressional investigation
to obtain.
Least of all, such a detailed
view into a president's inner
circle.
I want to be clear, not all of
these witnesses were thrilled to
talk to us.
Some put up quite a fight.
The vast majority cooperated
with our investigation.
What we have shown you over the
last four months has been
centered on the evidence,
evidence that has come
overwhelmingly from Republican
witnesses.
I say to you again as I did in
June, this investigation is not
about politics.
It is about facts, plain and
simple.
It is about making sure our
government functions under the
rule of law as our constitution
demands.
Today, as in previous
proceedings, my colleague and I
will present evidence that
includes new testimony from
6 working to coordinate the
response to violence and assure
people's business.
New materials produced to the
committee by the secret service.
Details about the ongoing threat
to American democracy.
Today's proceeding will also be
grounded in the fact.
It won't look exactly like aloe
-- all of our other hearings.
We will take a step back and
look at the evidence in a
broader context providing a
summary of key facts we have
uncovered.
Facts relevant to former
president trump's state of mind.
About his motivation.
What did president trump know?
What was he told?
What was his personal and
substantial roles in a
multiparty plan to overturn the
election?
For those of you who watched our
hearings, some of this evidence
will look familiar.
For those of you tuning in for
the first time we will summarize
some of the most important facts
and urge you to go online and
watch our hearing in full.
One more difference about today
pursuant to the notice to
today's proceedings, we are
convened today not as a hearing
but as a formal committee
business meeting so that in
addition to presenting evidence
we could potentially hold a
committee vote on further action
based upon that evidence.
Before we get to that evidence,
I recognize our distinguished