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Group of US Lawmakers Place Blame for January 6 Capitol Attack on Trump

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Group of US Lawmakers Place Blame for January 6 Capitol Attack on Trump1

The panel of lawmakers looking into the attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, said former President Donald Trump is to blame for, what they called, an "attempted coup2."

The panel is made up of mostly Democratic lawmakers from the House of Representatives along with two Republicans.

The lawmakers said that Trump supporters were following the president's suggestion to take over the U.S. Capitol. At the time, Congress was meeting to confirm President Joe Biden's victory in the November 2020 presidential election.

The committee held a special hearing on Thursday night. The goal was to show Americans new video of extremist groups leading the attack, hitting police officers with bats and poles. The video also showed Trump's close advisers4 saying they did not believe the election was stolen.

The hearing was shown by most American television news networks.

Caroline Edwards is a Capitol police officer who was there trying to stop the attackers on January 6. She said she saw her coworkers hit in the face and covered in blood. She said the floors were slippery from blood and compared it to a war movie.

"It was carnage. It was chaos," she said.

Over 100 police officers were hurt. One person, a woman, was shot and killed by police. In all, four people who were in the crowd at the Capitol that day died. At least five law enforcement officers later died, most reportedly by suicide.

Representative Bennie Thompson is a Democrat3 from Mississippi and leader of the panel.

He said: "Democracy remains5 in danger," and said Trump and some U.S. lawmakers are choosing to remember the attack, as "patriotism6." He compared this to justifying7 slavery and other violence against Black Americans.

Other supporters of Trump, including his daughter Ivanka Trump, her husband Jared Kushner, and former top government lawyer Bill Barr were shown in videos. They said that the idea of a stolen election was false.

Kushner called it "whining," Barr denied it and Ivanka Trump said she accepted Barr's opinion about the election.

Another part of the video showed leaders of extremist groups called the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys saying they attacked the Capitol because Trump asked them to.

Liz Cheney is the daughter of former U.S. Vice8 President Dick Cheney and a Republican representative from Wyoming. She is one of the panel's leaders.

"President Trump summoned a violent mob," she said, adding that Trump did not work to "preserve our union—or worse, cause(d) a constitutional crisis..."

Trump is still considering running for President in 2024. He recently said the actions of his supporters on January 6 "represented the greatest movement in the history of our country."

Other Republican lawmakers used Twitter to say: "All. Old. News."

The Republican Party leader in the House of Representatives is Kevin McCarthy of California. He refused to give a statement to the panel. He has called the group "a scam."

In coming weeks, the panel is expected to show more about Trump's false campaign to "Stop the Steal," the term he used to say the election results were untrue. The members aim to show the work Trump and his lawyers did to push the U.S. Department of Justice to dispute the election.

The Justice Department so far has arrested and charged more than 800 people for attacking the U.S. Capitol on January 6.

Many lawmakers who were there that day were also in the room on Thursday night watching the panel.

"We want to remind people, we were there, we saw what happened," said Dean Phillips, a Democrat from Minnesota. "We know how close we came to the first non-peaceful transition of power in this country," he said.

Words in This Story

coup– n. a sudden attempt by a small group of people to take over the government usually through violence

panel – n. a group of people who answer questions, give advice or opinions about something, or take part in a discussion for an audience

carnage – adj. the killing9 of many people

chaos– adj. complete confusion and disorder10

whine11 –v. to complain in a way that bothers

summon– v. to order or call for people to appear at a place

scam– n. a dishonest way to make money by deceiving people

transition –n. to act of changing from one state or condition to another


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1 trump LU1zK     
n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭
参考例句：
  • He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
  • The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。
2 coup co5z4     
n.政变；突然而成功的行动
参考例句：
  • The monarch was ousted by a military coup.那君主被军事政变者废黜了。
  • That government was overthrown in a military coup three years ago.那个政府在3年前的军事政变中被推翻。
3 democrat Xmkzf     
n.民主主义者，民主人士；民主党党员
参考例句：
  • The Democrat and the Public criticized each other.民主党人和共和党人互相攻击。
  • About two years later,he was defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter.大约两年后，他被民主党人杰米卡特击败。
4 advisers d4866a794d72d2a666da4e4803fdbf2e     
顾问，劝告者( adviser的名词复数 )； （指导大学新生学科问题等的）指导教授
参考例句：
  • a member of the President's favoured circle of advisers 总统宠爱的顾问班子中的一员
  • She withdrew to confer with her advisers before announcing a decision. 她先去请教顾问然后再宣布决定。
5 remains 1kMzTy     
n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹
参考例句：
  • He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
  • The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
6 patriotism 63lzt     
n.爱国精神，爱国心，爱国主义
参考例句：
  • His new book is a demonstration of his patriotism.他写的新书是他的爱国精神的证明。
  • They obtained money under the false pretenses of patriotism.他们以虚伪的爱国主义为借口获得金钱。
7 justifying 5347bd663b20240e91345e662973de7a     
证明…有理( justify的现在分词 )； 为…辩护； 对…作出解释； 为…辩解（或辩护）
参考例句：
  • He admitted it without justifying it. 他不加辩解地承认这个想法。
  • The fellow-travellers'service usually consisted of justifying all the tergiversations of Soviet intenal and foreign policy. 同路人的服务通常包括对苏联国内外政策中一切互相矛盾之处进行辩护。
8 vice NU0zQ     
n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的
参考例句：
  • He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
  • They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。
9 killing kpBziQ     
n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财
参考例句：
  • Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
  • Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
10 disorder Et1x4     
n.紊乱，混乱；骚动，骚乱；疾病，失调
参考例句：
  • When returning back,he discovered the room to be in disorder.回家后，他发现屋子里乱七八糟。
  • It contained a vast number of letters in great disorder.里面七零八落地装着许多信件。
11 whine VMNzc     
v.哀号，号哭；n.哀鸣
参考例句：
  • You are getting paid to think,not to whine.支付给你工资是让你思考而不是哀怨的。
  • The bullet hit a rock and rocketed with a sharp whine.子弹打在一块岩石上，一声尖厉的呼啸，跳飞开去。

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