.NoahCRothman: We know quite a bit about the extremists orbiting Trump world. What we don’t know is how much the president knew himself.
In a world in which legal news about Trump comes at you like water from a fire hydrant, one can be forgiven for putting the committee's work on the back burner.Today’s hearing is set to focus on the connection between Trump and his allies and the extremist groups that stormed the Capitol, what he knew about their plans, and what he intended to happen the day the Electoral College votes were set to be certified.
So as we follow the latest developments regarding the classified documents found at Mar-a-Lago, the New York attorney general’s suit against Trump and the Trump Organization for financial wrongdoing, and investigation into Trump’s election meddling in Georgia, we should also care about today’s hearing and remember that our former president attempted to subvert democracy on January 6, 2021.
The committee may be making the case for its relevance, as much as it is making the case against Trump.