If you haven’t watched every minute so far of the box office bonanza that is the congressional hearing into the US Capitol riots of 6 January 2021, here’s the short version: the election wasn’t stolen, there was no systematic fraud, yet the then-president Donald Trump and some of his close associates persisted in making such claims, whipping his supporters into a frenzy that ended in a mob rampaging around the Congress building in Washington DC.
We know this. These hearings aren’t about uncovering new facts that might change anyone’s mind. They’re about putting flesh on bones.
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