Looks like Chairman Benny Thompson is about to gavill in. He has reached for it. So let us go in.

The Select Committee to investigate the January 6 attack on a United States capital will be in order.

Without objection, the chairs are authorized to declare the committee in recess at any point.

Pursuit the House Deposition Authority Regulation 10. The chair announces the committee's approval to release the deposition material presented during today's hearing.

Good afternoon and may God bless the United States of America.

Four months ago, this committee started to present our findings to you, the American people.

From the beginning, we understood that some people watching those proceedings would wrongly assume that the committee's investigation was a partisan exercise.

That's why I asked those who were skeptical of our work to simply to listen, to listen to the evidence, to hear the testimony with an open mind, and to let the facts speak for themselves before reaching any judgment.

Over the course of these hearings, the evidence is proven that there were a multi-part plan led by former President Donald Trump to overturn the 2020 election.

Donald Trump lost his bid for reelection, as shown from the testimony of some of the president's closest allies and advisors, Donald Trump knew he lost.

Despite this knowledge, Donald Trump went to court to contest the 2020 election, and he lost in court.

The electoral college met and declared Joe Biden the winner. Yet Donald Trump continued to pull out all the stops in his attempt to stay in power.

What Donald Trump proceeded to do after the 2020 election is something no president has done before in our country. In a staggering betrayal of his oath, Donald Trump attempted a plan that led to an attack on a pillar of our democracy.

It's still hard to believe. But the facts and testimony are clear, consistent and undisputed.

How do we know this? How have we been able to present such a clear picture of what took place?

Because of the testimony we've heard, and that we've held presented to you through these proceedings.

Because of the documentary evidence we've gathered, and also made available directly to you, the American people.

When you look back at what has come out through this committee's work, the most striking fact is that all this evidence come almost entirely from Republicans.

The evidence that has emerged did not come from Democrats or opponents of Donald Trump.

Instead, look at who's written and testified and produced evidence.

Who has that been? Aids who've worked low on it for Donald Trump for years, Republican state officials and legislators, Republican electors, the chairwoman of the Republican National Committee, political professionals who worked at the highest levels of the Trump campaign.

Trump appointees who served in the most senior positions in the Justice Department. President Trump's staff and closes advisors in the White House.

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