Final Report of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol

Table of Contents - PRELIMINARIES - Foreword: Speaker of the House - Foreword: Chairman - Foreword: Vice Chair - Executive Summary --- Executive Summary: Overview of the Evidence Developed -- Referrals to the U.S. Department of Justice Special Counsel and House Ethics Committee -- Efforts to Avoid Testifying, Evidence of Obstruction, and Assessments of Witness Credibility -- Summary: Creation of the Select Committee; Purposes. -- Select Committee Witnesses Were Almost Entirely Republican - NARRATIVE - CHAPTER 1. THE BIG LIE -- 1.1 The Big Lie Reflected Deliberate Exploitation of the “Red Mirage” -- 1.2 Trump’s Pre-Election Plans to Declare Victory -- 1.3 Trump’s Pre-Election Efforts to Delegitimize the Election Process -- 1.4 President Trump’s Launch of the Big Lie -- 1.5 Post-Election: President Trump Replaces His Campaign Team -- 1.6 President Trump’s Campaign Team Told Him He Lost the Election and There Was No Significant Fraud -- 1.7 President Trump Had His Day in Court -- 1.8 President Trump Repeatedly Promoted Conspiracy Theories -- 1.9 President Trump’s January 6th Speech - CHAPTER 2. “I JUST WANT TO FIND 11,780 VOTES” -- 2.1 The Electoral College, and President Trump’s Attempt to Subvert It -- 2.2 The Plan Emerges -- 2.3 Outreach and Implementation of the Plan -- 2.4 An Outright Request for Victory -- 2.5 Some Officials Eagerly Assisted President Trump With His Plans -- 2.6 The Final Outreach to State Legislators -- 2.7 The Harm Caused by Demonizing Public Servants - CHAPTER 3. FAKE ELECTORS AND THE “THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE STRATEGY” -- 3.1 Laying the Groundwork for the Fake Elector Plan: The Chesebro Memos -- 3.2 President Trump and the Campaign Adopt the Fake Elector Scheme - 3.3 The Campaign Legal Team Bows Out, and Giuliani Steps In -- 3.4 Some of the Proposed Fake Electors Express Concerns About the Plan -- 3.5 On December 14th, The Fake Electors Meet and Vote -- 3.6 The Fallout from the Fake Elector Plan - CHAPTER 4. “JUST CALL IT CORRUPT AND LEAVE THE REST TO ME” -- 4.1 The DOJ Found No Significant Evidence of Fraud -- 4.2 November 23, 2020: Barr Challenges President Trump’s Election Lies -- 4.3 December 1, 2020: President Trump is Irate After Barr Says There is No Significant Fraud -- 4.4 December 14, 2020: Barr Submits His Resignation -- 4.5 Acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen and Acting Deputy Attorney General Richard Donoghue Hold the Line -- 4.6 President Trump is Introduced to Jeffrey Clark -- 4.7 December 27th Phone Call -- 4.8 Congressman Scott Perry Calls Donoghue -- 4.9 December 28, 2020: The Clark Letter -- 4.10 December 29th Meeting -- 4.11 Rosen’s December 30th Call with President Trump -- 4.12 December 31st Meeting -- 4.13 January 2, 2021: Rosen and Donoghue Confront Clark Again -- 4.14 January 3, 2021: Clark Informs DOJ Leadership that He Will Accept President Trump’s Offer -- 4.15 President Trump’s Unprecedented Attempt to Subvert the DOJ - CHAPTER 5. “A COUP IN SEARCH OF A LEGAL THEORY” -- 5.1 President Trump and His Allies Embark on a Desperate Gambit to Block Certification of the 2020 Presidential Election. -- 5.2 President Trump and his Allies Exert Intense Public and Private Pressure on the Vice President in Advance of the Joint Session of Congress on January 6th -- 5.3 President Trump and his Allies Continue to Pressure the Vice President on January 6th, Threatening His Life and Our Democracy. -- 5.4 President Trump Endangers Pence’s Life, Causing the Vice President, His Family, and Staff to Narrowly Miss the Rioters as They Flee the Mob Attacking the Capitol. -- 5.5 Aftermath of the Attack. - CHAPTER 6. “BE THERE, WILL BE WILD!” -- 6.1 How Far-right Extremists and Conspiracy Theorists Planned for January 6th -- 6.2 The Proud Boys: “[Y]ou Want to Storm the Capitol” -- 6.3 The Oath Keepers: “He Called Us All to the Capitol and Wants Us to Make it Wild!!!” -- 6.4 “Trump Said It’s Gonna be Wild!!!!!!! It’s Gonna be Wild!!!!!!!” -- 6.5 “Ready to Step in And Do What Is Needed” -- 6.6 “Friends of Stone” -- 6.7 White Nationalists: “The Capitol Siege was Fucking Awesome…” -- 6.8 The Three (III%) Percenters: “#OccupyCongress” -- 6.9 QAnon: “Operation Occupy the Capitol” -- 6.10 TheDonald.win: “Occupy the Capitol” -- 6.11 How the White House and Rally Organizers Prepared for January 6th -- 6.12 “He’s Calling on You, He Needs Your Help” -- 6.13 “Trump is Supposed to Order Us to the Capitol” -- 6.14 “Well, I Should Walk With the People.” -- 6.15 “POTUS…Likes the Crazies.” -- 6.16 January 5, 2021: “Fort Trump” -- 6.17 “Together, We Will STOP THE STEAL.” - CHAPTER 7. 187 MINUTES OF DERELICTION -- 7.1 “Reinsert the Mike Pence Lines” -- 7.2 “I’ll Be There With You” -- 7.3 The President’s Anger When He Could Not March to the Capitol -- 7.4 “We’re Going to Try to Get the President to Put Out a Statement” -- 7.5 “He Doesn’t Want to Do Anything” -- 7.6 “He Thinks Mike Deserves It” -- 7.7 “I Guess They’re Just More Upset About the Election Theft Than You Are” -- 7.8 “Stay Peaceful!” -- 7.9 “The President Needs to Stop This ASAP” -- 7.10 “We Love You. You’re Very Special” -- 7.11 “Remember This Day Forever!” -- 7.12 President Trump Still Sought to Delay the Joint Session -- 7.13 He “Just Didn’t Want to Talk About It Anymore” -- 7.14 President Trump’s “Rhetoric Killed Someone” - CHAPTER 8. ANALYSIS OF THE ATTACK -- 8.1 The Mob Assembles in Washington -- 8.2 March of the Proud Boys -- 8.3 The Initial Attack -- 8.4 President Trump’s Mob Descends on the U.S. Capitol -- 8.5 The Mob Surges -- 8.6 The United States Capitol is Breached -- 8.7 President Trump Pours Fuel on the Fire -- 8.8 The Evacuation -- 8.9 Clearing the U.S. Capitol Building and Restricted Grounds - RECOMMENDATIONS -- RECOMMENDATIONS - APPENDICES - APPENDIX 1: GOVERNMENT AGENCY PREPARATION FOR AND RESPONSE TO JANUARY 6TH - APPENDIX 2: DC NATIONAL GUARD PREPARATION FOR AND RESPONSE TO JANUARY 6TH- APPENDIX 3: THE BIG RIP-OFF: FOLLOW THE MONEY- APPENDIX 4: MALIGN FOREIGN INFLUENCE