The January 6th Report Buchzusammenfassung - das Wichtigste aus The January 6th Report

Einleitung anhören

00:00

Zusammenfassung von The January 6th Report

Name: The January 6th Report
Rating: 3.6 (213 reviews)
Author: Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol

Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol

The Final Report on the Capitol Insurrection That Shook America

3.6 (213 Bewertungen)

17 Min.

Themen

Demokratie US-Präsidenten Politik der USA Krisen & Skandale

Inhaltsübersicht

The January 6th Report
in 6 Kernaussagen verstehen

Audio & Text in der Blinkist App

Kernaussage 1 von 6

What’s in it for me? Discover what happened in Washington on January 6, 2021, according to the official committee.

On January 6, 2021, a violent group of protesters stormed the United States Capitol in an effort to prevent the certification of Joe Biden as the winner of the presidential election.

They did so with the encouragement of the sitting president, Donald Trump.

Those shocking events were so serious that the US Congress – which of course was the target of the attack – decided it needed to conduct a full forensic inquiry into what happened. So it set up the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the United States Capitol.

Nine members of the House of Representatives made up the committee, chaired by Democrat Bennie G. Thompson of Mississippi, with Republican Liz Cheney of Wyoming as vice chair.

Because of the fractious nature of party politics at the time, there was much debate about who should sit on the committee, with many exchanges between Democrat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Republican minority leader Kevin McCarthy. The initial plan was to split it evenly between Republicans and Democrats, but this proved impossible to realize.

In the end, seven members were Democrats, and two Republicans – the only two who voted for the committee to be established in the first place.

The committee was conscious of possible accusations of bias and ensured that a considerable majority of its witnesses were Republicans.

The report was published in December 2022. It’s a quietly furious document that meticulously recounts the events leading up to and culminating in the attack on the Capitol, frequently using the testimony of its witnesses directly.

The January 6 Report is backed up by a huge body of evidence. In this Blink, we’ll talk you through its key findings, but if you’d like to dive in deeper, you can find the full document online.

January 6, 2021, was a uniquely shameful day in US history which warranted a comprehensive congressional investigation.

To get the full picture, we need to go back a couple months.

On November 3, 2020, millions of Americans went to the polls and cast their vote in one of the most consequential presidential elections in the country’s history.

Millions more – and this is important to remember – had already voted in advance, through absentee and early voting.

As it turned out, the Democratic challenger candidate, Joe Biden, defeated Donald Trump, the Republican who’d won in 2016. Biden won the popular vote by some seven million, and the electoral vote – the one that decides the winner – by a healthy margin of 74.

But Trump refused to accept the result.

The US had always prided itself on the peaceful transfer of power. But suddenly – unprecedentedly – the sitting president was refusing to concede the election.

And he encouraged others to do the same.

Specifically, he encouraged them to come to Washington on January 6 – the day Vice President Mike Pence would certify the election result – and make their feelings known.

So they did. Thousands of Trump supporters, many of them armed, descended on the Capitol. They entered the building, clashed violently with police, and chanted “Hang Mike Pence.”

Trump, meanwhile, sat in the White House and watched events unfold on TV – refusing to call the attack off for several hours. Many members of Congress, not to mention law enforcement, were in direct danger.

The series of events was serious enough to merit a careful, detailed examination by some of the country’s top politicians – so the Special Committee was established.

The committee itself didn’t have the legal power to arrest or charge Trump – that was never on the table. But it did make a series of detailed criminal referrals to the Department of Justice, outlining the crimes it alleged he’d committed.

In the remaining sections, we’ll lead you through the report’s narrative, from the election itself up to the aftermath of the attack – before outlining what the committee recommended should happen next.

Donald Trump knew he’d lost the 2020 election – and his response was to obstruct justice and lie about it.

This story involves a lot of people. But at the center of it is one man, without whom none of this would have happened. The report is very clear on this: the cause of these events was Donald Trump.

So let’s start with the election itself – which, in one respect at least, actually went as predicted. For whatever reason, it’s usually the case that Republican voters tend to vote in person while Democrats are a lot more likely to use other legitimate methods like postal votes. And the results of those votes take longer to be counted.

Tactics Trump employed included faking election certificates and influencing state legislatures and the Justice Department.

Trump’s big idea wasn’t simply that Pence would overturn the vote count. He and a few members of his team went further: they actually made documents certifying Trump victories in seven states, including Michigan and Wisconsin, that were won by Biden.

In full knowledge that faking electoral slates was illegal, the team prepared the documents, acquired a series of signatures from fake electors, and sent them to places including the National Archives and Mike Pence’s office. Pence, they thought, would simply certify the fake documents, not the real ones, on January 6.

Trump summoned a violent mob to march on the Capitol – and delayed calling them off for 187 minutes.

“Be there, will be wild!” – that’s what the president tweeted to his followers in the early hours of December 19, 2020. He kept on after that, too – more than a dozen times.

As the committee discovered, his supporters took this instruction to heart.

The Special Committee couldn’t formally charge Trump with crimes – but they encouraged others to do so.

The committee’s report isn’t simply an account of what happened in the run-up to, and on, January 6. It also considers the causes – or rather, the cause. The report is very clear that Donald Trump himself was the reason the whole episode took place.

Specifically, the report refers the case to the Department of Justice Special Committee, which could formally charge him, as well as the House Ethics Committee.

Final Summary

The report was put together by nine members of the House of Representatives, who created a uniquely thorough and forensic account of what happened on that historic day. Their findings confirmed that Donald Trump, the outgoing president, was the root cause of the attack on the Capitol, and the committee suggested that he broke numerous laws in the process. In order to make sure this never happens again, it also recommended, he should be brought to justice.

Du möchtest die gesamte Zusammenfassung von The January 6th Report sehen?

Kernaussagen in The January 6th Report

Mehr Wissen in weniger Zeit

Sachbücher auf den Punkt gebracht

Kernaussagen aus Sachbüchern in ca. 15 Minuten pro Titel lesen & anhören mit den „Blinks”

Zeitsparende Empfehlungen

Titel, die dein Leben bereichern, passend zu deinen Interessen und Zielen

Podcasts in Kurzform ^Neu

Kernaussagen wichtiger Podcasts im Kurzformat mit den neuen „Shortcasts”

Worum geht es in The January 6th Report?

The January 6th Report (2022) is the official Congressional report into the storming of the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. The report confirms that Donald Trump, the outgoing president, was the root cause of the attack on the Capitol, and the committee recommended that he broke numerous laws in the process and should be brought to justice.

Wer The January 6th Report lesen sollte

News addicts who were gripped by the events of January 6
Politics enthusiasts
Anyone with an interest in democracy – and its limits

Über den Autor

The Select Committee was made up of nine members of the US House of Representatives, chaired by Bennie G. Thompson of Mississippi, with Liz Cheney of Wyoming as vice chair.

Kategorien mit The January 6th Report

Politik

Ähnlich wie The January 6th Report

Donald Trump v. The United States

Michael S. Schmidt

Inside the Struggle to Stop a President

A Tell-All Memoir of the British Royal Family and the Institution

19 min

4.1

Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing

Our Nation's Trauma and Finding a Way to Heal

20 min

3.2

The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money

John Maynard Keynes

The “Keynesian Revolution”—the Masterpiece That Changed Economics

15 min

3.6

Excellent Advice for Living

Kevin Kelly

Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier

13 min

4.2

American Prometheus

Kai Bird & Martin J Sherwin

The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer

16 min

4.1

Pegasus

Laurent Richard and Sandrine Rigaud

How a Spy in Our Pocket Threatens the End of Privacy, Dignity, and Democracy

10 min

4.3

Emotional Intelligence

Why It's Not Always Rational to Be Rational

18 min

4.4

When You're Ready, This Is How You Heal

Brianna Wiest

Inspiration to Begin Your Journey of True Transformation

18 min

4.6

The Origins of Totalitarianism

Hannah Arendt

Hannah Arendt's landmark work about Europe's anti-Semitic and imperialist roots

19 min

4.6

Bedtime Biography: Isaac Newton

James Gleick

Learn the truth behind the legend

30 min

4.6

Myth America

Kevin M. Kruse and Julian E. Zelizer

Historians Take on the Biggest Legends and Lies about Our Past

19 min

2.9

Mindful Self-Discipline

Giovanni Dienstmann

Living with Purpose and Achieving Your Goals in a World of Distractions

How to Release Your Trapped Emotions for Abundant Health, Love, and Happiness

Why Success Doesn't Feel Like It Should... and What to Do about It

A Daring Strategy to Change How We Live, Lead, and Love

15 min

3.4

Happy Mind, Happy Life

Rangan Chatterjee

The New Science of Mental Well-Being

The secrets of 40 millionaires' wealth, revealed

A Four Thousand Year History

Work Less, Worry Less, Succeed More, Enjoy More

The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal

Peter Thiel, Hulk Hogan, Gawker, and the Anatomy of Intrigue

17 min

4.3

The Happiness Project

Gretchen Rubin

Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun

How Being Yourself Makes You a Better Leader

On the Origins of Life, Meaning and the Universe Itself

The Bulletproof Plan to Age Backward and Maybe Even Live Forever

23 Techniques to Relieve Stress, Stop Negative Spirals, Declutter Your Mind, and Focus on the Present

16 min

4.2

The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee

David Treuer

Native America from 1890 to the Present

22 min

4.1

Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy

Joseph Schumpeter

Essential analysis on where the world economy is headed

One Man’s Escape from North Korea

A Groundbreaking Way to Restore Balance, Happiness and Productivity

19 min

4.5

Killing the Killers

Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard

The Secret War Against Terrorists

26 min

3.9

Stop Walking on Eggshells

Paul T. Mason & Randi Kreger

Taking Your Life Back When Someone You Care about Has Borderline Personality Disorder

18 min

4.8

The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari

Robin Sharma

A guide to using ancient practices to improve your quality of life and achieve your goals

15 min

4.5

The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership (New Version)

John C. Maxwell

Follow Them and People Will Follow You

The Collected Writings of Jeff Bezos

8 min

3.2

The Story of Philosophy

Will Durant

The Lives and Opinions of the World's Greatest Philosophers

The Power of Reinvention in Life and Work

Think a Little, Change a Lot

Elevate Your Mind, Unlock Your Power, Heal Your Soul

The Five Business Secrets of Facebook’s Improbably Brilliant CEO

A New Theory of Intelligence

20 min

4.7

Baby Steps Millionaires

Dave Ramsey

How Ordinary People Built Extraordinary Wealth-and how You Can Too

15 min

3.8

The Hidden Habits of Genius

Craig Wright

Beyond Talent, IQ, and Grit – Unlocking the Secrets of Greatness

21 min

4.4

Procrastination

Jane B. Burka & Lenora M. Yuen

Why You Do It, What to Do About It Now

17 min

4.1

Living Forward

Michael Hyatt and Daniel Harkavy

A Proven Plan to Stop Drifting and Get the Life You Want

What Animals Think and Feel

24 min

4.5

The Great Money Reset

Jill Schlesinger

Change Your Work, Change Your Wealth, Change Your Life

17 min

3.9

❤️ für Blinkist️️️

Ines S.

Ich bin begeistert. Ich liebe Bücher aber durch zwei kleine Kinder komme ich einfach nicht zum Lesen. Und ja, viele Bücher haben viel bla bla und die Quintessenz ist eigentlich ein Bruchteil.

Genau dafür ist Blinkist total genial! Es wird auf das Wesentliche reduziert, die Blinks sind gut verständlich, gut zusammengefasst und auch hörbar! Das ist super. 80 Euro für ein ganzes Jahr klingt viel, aber dafür unbegrenzt Zugriff auf 3000 Bücher. Und dieses Wissen und die Zeitersparnis ist unbezahlbar.

Ekaterina S.

Extrem empfehlenswert. Statt sinnlos im Facebook zu scrollen höre ich jetzt täglich zwischen 3-4 "Bücher". Bei manchen wird schnelle klar, dass der Kauf unnötig ist, da schon das wichtigste zusammen gefasst wurde..bei anderen macht es Lust doch das Buch selbständig zu lesen. Wirklich toll

Nils S.

Einer der besten, bequemsten und sinnvollsten Apps die auf ein Handy gehören. Jeden morgen 15-20 Minuten für die eigene Weiterbildung/Entwicklung oder Wissen.

Julia P.

Viele tolle Bücher, auf deren Kernaussagen reduziert- präzise und ansprechend zusammengefasst. Endlich habe ich das Gefühl, Zeit für Bücher zu finden, für die ich sonst keine Zeit habe.