J6 stunt committee ends with performative stunt subpoena of Trump

The timing of the resolution, however, exposes the committee’s request as a performative political tactic. Trump’s subpoena was handed down in the final moment of the final hearing, which was rescheduled to take place on the same day as the final inflation report before midterms. According to the Department of Labor Thursday, the Consumer Price Index rose faster than expected again, rising 8.2 percent in September and remaining top of mind for voters. …

The Select Committee to investigate the riot was established in June last year and barred minority representation for the first time in House history. If the committee were truly “obligated” to hear from the former president, a subpoena should have been issued at some point over the last 16 months instead of 25 days from an election.

Thursday’s final hearing offered no more substance to the committee’s pre-determined narrative pinning the riot at the Capitol entirely on Trump. The proceedings were largely a recap of the committee’s prior eight hearings produced for television, where Democrats criminalized objections they made for decades and presented hysterical claims left uncorroborated and even contradicted. At some moments, the committee made up evidence altogether.