
Opinion: The January 6 committee is methodically building the case for a criminal conspiracy
CNN
The January 6 committee's primary job is to get the truth out and recommend steps to ensure an insurrection does not happen again, write Norm Eisen, Noah Bookbinder and Fred Wertheimer. The panel has made great strides in that direction, they say.
This deep dive into the first of what the committee says is a seven-part conspiracy revealed Trump's choice to disregard the truth and the law. The focus on the former President's state of mind is critical to building the case for the American people -- and for possible prosecutions like those that ensued a half-century ago.

In speeches, interviews, exchanges with reporters and posts on social media, the president filled his public statements not only with exaggerations but outright fabrications. As he did during his first presidency, Trump made false claims with a frequency and variety unmatched by any other elected official in Washington.