Jan. 6 hearing focuses on Trump ‘None of this is normal’

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The Jan. 6 committee is declaring at its final hearing of the year that Donald Trump orchestrated a plan to stay in power that led to the Capitol attack. Republican Vice Chairman Liz Cheney said of Trump's actions that “None of this is normal..” Panel Chairman Bennie Thompson of Mississippi said Thursday's session was focusing on Trump's state of mind during and before the attack. It's the last hearing before midterm congressional elections next month. The panel planned to include new evidence from the U.S. Secret Service about Trump from that January 2021 day. The committee says Trump, after he lost the 2020 presidential election, launched an unprecedented lattempt to stop Congress from certifying Joe Biden’s victory.

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