[World Knowledge] Chen Jiajun: 1.6 Incident Mountain Incident Hearings, the United States "Family Ugly" in the world

On June 9th, the special committee (hereinafter referred to as the "committee") public hearing was kicked off by the June 9th Investigation Capitol (hereinafter referred to as the "1.6 Incident"). Hearing will receive widespread attention. In the eyes of liberals in the United States, the hearing made the clearest public description of Trump's "attempted coup". In the eyes of conservatives, the hearing is not only a tool for the Democratic Party to influence election politics, but also the "slander" Trump's "show public trial". It is said that it is a "tool" because the Democratic Party hopes to use a hearing to persuade voters to use this year's midterm election to investigate Republicans' responsibilities; it is said that it is a "show", because the hearing will adopt a preconceived narrative from the beginning, and The investigation work as a political action for TV broadcasting, showing a carefully planned anti -Trump behavior.

On January 6, 2021, demonstrators supported Trump broke through the parliamentary building.

Preparation in the early stage

Since the mainstream media of the United States on November 7, 2020, the US mainstream media generally predicted that Biden won the Presidential election, Trump, who was unwilling to fail, proposed a series of allegations of election fraud to seek the illegalization of the election results. After helping the inferiority of his side and peripherals, the narrative of "theft" deeply penetrated into the Republican "body" and rooted in the cognitive soil of the right -wing voters. Driven by their incitement, Trump's supporters initiated protests trying to obstruct the US Congress to count the electoral votes, and eventually caused a shocking impact of the Congress Building on January 6, 2021.

As a violent impact victim, parliamentarians immediately promoted the investigation of the incident. On June 30, 2021, the House of Representatives passed the resolution of the special committee of the 1.6 incident with 222 votes in favor and 190 votes opposition. Since then, the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Democratic Southern Perlis have appointed six Democrats and a voting in favor of the establishment of the "Anti -Trump" Republican Riz Cheni as a member of the committee. As a means of confrontation, the minority leader of the House of Representatives Kevin McCarthy appointed five Republicans to enter the "committee", but the two of them were opposed by Pelosi because they bluntly support Trump's election fraud charges. Under the anger, McCarthy withdrew the nomination of the five Republicans, causing Peros to appoint another vote to support the establishment of the "Anti -Trump" Republicans Adam Kinkonh. It can be seen that the "committee" has a high degree of party nature since its establishment, and it is no wonder that McCarthy has since said that "the special committee is the most political and illegal committee in American history."

After the committee started the investigation, a series of legal victories were achieved in collecting documents and evidence materials. Especially in the "Trump Costing Thompson" case, in January 2022, the Supreme Court and Washington Special Economic Zone Tour Court made a ruling, rejected Trump's ons to prevent the National Archives from handing over the White House documents in the 1.6 incident. The motion of the committee weakened Trump's "administrative privilege". The U.S. courts also made similar rulings in the "Estman Professor Thompson" case, claiming that Trump's conservative lawyer John Estman could not conceal the emails and documents related to the 1.6 incident from the committee Essence It was proven afterwards that the committee's legal victory in these two cases has played a vital role in investigating Trump and Isterman's possible criminal acts.

On June 16, 2022, the Special Committee of the House of Representatives of the United States Congress held a third hearings in the special committee of the 1.6 incident. During the riots of the President Trump, the scene of calling on the White House appeared on the big screen.

The specific arrangement is meaningful

On June 9 this year, the committee held the first hearing. At the meeting, the vice chairman of the committee, Cheney, said that former President Trump "supervised and coordinated a complex plan consisting of seven parts to overturn the presidential election and stop power transfer." These plans are: first, large -scale false information movements, claiming to be "stolen" for the election; second, the acting judicial minister who appointed "obedient" in order to confirm his false election claims; Vice President Burns requires his voter votes to refuse or delay the calculation certificate; fourth, press pressure on the state election officials to change the election results; fifth, instruct the Republicans of multiple states to produce false elections The list is submitted to the National Association and the National Archives; sixth, gather and command the "mob" to march to the US Congress Building; seventh, refuse to take action to stop the "mobs" impact. As of the end of June, the committee held a total of six public hearings, and each session guaranteed at least one to two dramatic plots of the above -mentioned plans.

The first hearing discussed the sixth plan ("mob"), which combined Trump's evidence of inciting violence with testimony and video fragments to illustrate his impact on "mob". The second session discussed the first part of the plan (false information), depicting a president who was unwilling to hear the truth, immersed in the conspiracy theory that he built, and cheated the funds of supporters based on these information. The third climax was reached in the third session, and the third part of the plan (pressure on Pence), and introduced key figures, Trump's lawyer John Eastman.

The third hearing concentratedly depicts the legal theory of Esteman's knowledge, but insists on selling its so -called "Plenary Authority", that is, according to the 12th amendment As the vice president, as the vice president, he can do whatever you want in calculating the electoral ticket. He has the authority to unilaterally refuse the voter ticket of Biden, and you can also suspend the voting of the electoral ticket, and send the votes to the state legislative agency to "re -certify "Elected votes. After Burns Britain rejected Estman's "theory", Trump and Istmani pressured Pence for two weeks. In the end, Trump, who was under pressure, incited on the "mob" at the rally scene, and "mob" even shouted the slogan "hanging Pence" when impacting the Congress. Burns and Trump's ordinary telephone videos played at the hearing also intended to explain that after Pence refused to obey the order, the impact of the "mob" to the Capitol Building was to "hunt" to a certain extent. The fourth hearing discussed the fourth part (pressure state election officials) and the fifth part (false electoor), revealing the pressure on Trump to popularize its allies in multiple "swing states", and intended The voters in these states changed from Biden to Trump. Trump also asked Georgia State State's "finding 11,780 votes" to change the result to win the result of Georgia.

The fifth hearing discussed the second part of the plan (looking for the "Agent Minister of the Acting"), exposed the introduction of Trump's members of the parliament of Congress Scott Perry to appoint the Ministry of Justice Jeffrey Clark Replace the Acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen. Clark firmly supported Trump's "theft of theft" theory and asked the state officials to ask the latter to take measures to overthrow the election. The hearing also revealed that five right -wing Republican Parliament members, including Perry, sought the White House for pardon after the failure of the results of the overthrow.

The sixth hearing will be more explosive, and the seventh plan (refusal to stop violence). The testimony of the former White House said that Trump ordered the special service bureau to relieve security when he knew that he was trying to break into the Congress Building. After the violence conflict, he repeatedly rejected the staff's intervention and dissuasion, and even when he learned that he could not go to the Congress Building with the supporters, he was furious and tried to grab the steering wheel.

These hearings seem to be messy, but the "main line" is very clear, that is, to exclude all interference items, stack the details, and prove that Trump has tried to initiate a "coup" for federal constitution. In fact, from the characteristics of the arrangement, the committee wants to carry this series of hearing as a "template" into the historical book. The first major feature is "compactness", abandoning the lengthy opening remarks, and replacing it with a brief introduction to a member, and then began to testify on the spot. The second major feature is the "visual impact". The committee specially invited the former US Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) President James Goldston to make a short video production played by the hearing, which made the audience have a strong sense of substitution. It can be said that this series of hearing is not only a hearing, but also a well -made documentary. Of course, whether these dramatic plots are planned and dazzled, the key is to look at the results, that is, whether it can prevent Trump from running and winning in 2024.

Whether Trump will be sentenced to criminal prosecution

The committee hopes to discover evidence of Trump's committed crimes against federal crimes through investigations and hearing. If the testimony of the White House assistant Casidi Harchinson is true, the possibility of Trump will be greatly improved. However, even if Congress collects more evidence, it does not propose criminal allegations, and only the Ministry of Justice can do it. Therefore, to a certain extent, an important target audience of the hearing is the current Minister of Justice Merrick Galan. Since the riots of Congress, the Ministry of Justice claimed to have launched the largest federal survey in history and sued more than 800 defendants, of which more than one -third of them pleaded guilty. However, these surveys are basically concentrated on those "mobs" that impact the Mountains of Congress, and did not trace power characters.

With the increasing news of the breaking news, the pressure on the Ministry of Justice is increasing, so it has begun to accelerate. On June 7th, two days before the hearing, the Ministry of Justice accused the "proud boy" leader Erik Tario and the other four leaders of the organization had "incite conspiracy". In order to show a tough gesture, the Ministry of Justice sent a letter to the committee on June 15, accusing the latter of "failing" to provide prosecutors with more than 1,000 document interview records, which led to the complexity of the investigation, thereby leaving a delay in litigation without litigation. "Pot" was thrown to the committee. Since then, the Federal Investigation Bureau (FBI) raided Trump's residence of Jeffrey Clark before the fifth hearing. Terman's apartment. The Ministry of Justice is obviously proved that he is done before the committee, and his criminal investigation initiated by Trump's attempt to launch a coup has already been "on the road."

But in general, the Ministry of Justice is unlikely to criminal prosecution Trump in the short term. There are two reasons: First, the mid -term elections are approaching, and the Ministry of Justice will probably follow the so -called "Comey rules", that is, to avoid in the election election The first two months took public investigation steps. Imagine that if the Department of Justice of the Biden government sued the candidate who was most likely to compete with him in 2024, any investigation may be political, and it will also be the so -called "political persecution" of Trump in the conservative conservative entrance. The second is that if the Ministry of Justice sued for prosecution, it will further corrupted the authority in the eyes of Americans, not only will it not only break the reputation of the Ministry of Justice, but may also politically boost Trump's role in politics. Third, there is also a tacit understanding of American politics, that is, the president on the stage does not engage in "political hunting" to his predecessor. If the Department of Justice of the Bayeng Government takes this step, the world will see the "Koreanization" of American politics. In July of this year, the US Special Committee will hold the seventh and last 1.6 event hearing. After that, it is expected to submit preliminary reports in the late summer and form a final report before the mid -term elections in the autumn. The report may put forward the suggestion of "criminal intervention", and then the pressure will be all transferred to the Ministry of Justice. At present, Trump is busy using his "truth society" social media to "rumors" for a series of situations played by hearing, and the Republican election seems to have not been disturbed. If the Republican Party has repeatedly captured the parliament after November, it will not be ruled out that in turn to investigate Bayeng and his family members, you will definitely be "wonderful" in this wave, and the "family ugly" of American politics will continue to be raised.

(The author is an assistant researcher at the Shanghai Institute of American Issues)

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