Select Committee Chair: Jan. 6 Was ‘Attempted Coup’ to ‘Overthrow the Government’ – Violence Was ‘No Accident’

The House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack’s first primetime hearing began Thursday night with Chairman Bennie Thompson (D-MS) telling the American people in no uncertain terms that the actions on that day were “the culmination of an attempted coup. A brazen attempt … to overthrow the government. The violence was no accident. It represents [Donald] Trump’s last stand.”

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