Trump knew he lost: Dereliction of duty

Echo opinion letter published in the The Repository 

CantonRep.Com, an Ohio newspaper.

The House committee investigating the January 6, riot did what the Republicans opposed.

A screen above the committee reads "Trump knew he lost" as the panel summarizes its various findings about the January 6 insurrection.

On December 31, 2020, members of the Oath Keepers planned to supply and store weapons in the Washington area. Led by Edward Vallejo, one of the members of the Oath Keepers charged with seditious conspiracy, they coordinated a “Quick Reaction Force,” which consisted of Oath Keeper members armed with weapons in the areas just outside Washington. A hotel in Arlington, VA, was used as the base for the “Quick Reaction Force.” Weapons were stored at this hotel and members of the Oath Keepers stayed there.

The Democrats, along with two GOP members, Adam Kinzinger and Liz Cheney, brought forth evidence, witness testimony, video footage of what happened before, during and after the Capitol assault to overturn the 2020, election. Former President Donald Trump said it was a political witch-hunt, that the committee members were thugs.

It was historic and symbolic; never in the history of the U.S. government had a sitting president incited a violent insurrection on democracy to stay in office. Everyone who testified before a live audience did their due diligence, as well as those who testified behind closed doors.

The evidence gathered, the testimony painted a road map to Mark Meadows and ex-president Donald Trump. Does Trump get charged by the Department of Justice or do they give him a pass? The laws were equally written; the rich will be treated as the poor are treated in a court of law, and that no one is above the law.

Dahnaad Ahshaad, Canton,Ohio

On January 6, 2021, a right-wing mob stormed the U.S. Capitol at the urging of President Donald J. Trump in an attempt to prevent the certification of presidential election results. But the attack didn’t come from nowhere. It was the culmination of a year of increasingly radical activity by a slew of extremists around the country. They mobilized against racial justice protests, COVID-19 prevention measures, and voting rights for all Americans, and were goaded on by the president and politicians on the right.

Matthew Pottinger appears to be the highest-ranking White House official to resign that day, although Cabinet secretaries also resigned in response to January 6.

Rep. Liz Cheney swears in Sarah Matthews and Mathew Pottinger on July 21: