House January 6 committee to focus on Trump’s tweet at extremist group hearing
by Hugo Lowell in Washington from US news | The Guardian on (#61924)
Former president's notorious Be there, will be wild!' tweet was catalyst for violent protests, congress members will argue
The House January 6 select committee is expected to make the case at its seventh hearing Tuesday that Donald Trump gave the signal to the extremist groups that stormed the Capitol to target and obstruct the congressional certification of Joe Biden's electoral college win.
The panel will zero in on a pivotal tweet sent by the former president in the early hours of the morning on 19 December 2020, according to sources close to the inquiry who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the forthcoming hearing.
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