Role of far-right groups to be examined by January 6 panel | First Thing

The Capitol attack committee will focus on extremists such as Proud Boys and Oath Keepers. Plus, inside the school' for men caught paying for sex

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The House select committee investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol today will examine the role far-right extremist groups played in fomenting the deadly insurrection and their ties to associates of Donald Trump.

What will the select committee focus on? An aide said they would be paying attention to a meeting held on 18 December 2020, with the president and members of his legal team, including Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell.

What was happening at that point? At that stage, there was a growing schism in Trump's inner circle between those who believed it was time for the president to accept his electoral defeat and those pushing for even more radical actions, such as seizing voting machines.

Why did the Uber whistleblower decide to speak out against the firm? Mark MacGann, a career lobbyist who led Uber's efforts to win over governments across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, decided to expose the company, he says, because he believed Uber knowingly flouted laws and misled people about the benefits of the company's gig-economy model.