Thread by @ThePlumLineGS

Dark and unsettling: The 1/6 committee is homing in on whether Trump and his co-conspirators fully understood the attack as an instrumental weapon to help carry out his procedural coup. Seeking Jim Jordan's testimony is key to this. I laid this out here:
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/…

Jim Jordan may be able to shed light on:

*Trump's conduct while the mob attack unfolded -- did Trump indicate he wanted it to continue?

*How Trump and his co-conspirators sought to use fake fraud claims as a deliberate pretext for the procedural coup:

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/…

Note:

While the violence unfolded, Trump and Rudy pressed at least one GOP senator to try to delay the electoral count.

It's clear the committee is looking at whether the attack became key to securing that delay.

Recall Pence refused to be evacuated:

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/…

If you want to understand the potential criminal implications of this idea -- that Trump and his co-conspirators may have knowingly understood the violence as a weapon for helping carry out the procedural coup -- read this piece by @tribelaw and company:

nytimes.com/2021/12/23/opi…