{"id":511317,"date":"2022-11-17T03:12:51","date_gmt":"2022-11-17T00:12:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/the-jan-6-committee-should-do-its-whole-job\/"},"modified":"2022-11-17T03:12:51","modified_gmt":"2022-11-17T00:12:51","slug":"the-jan-6-committee-should-do-its-whole-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-jan-6-committee-should-do-its-whole-job\/","title":{"rendered":"#The Jan. 6 Committee should do its whole job"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a22c2e70a4be\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a22c2e70a4be\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-jan-6-committee-should-do-its-whole-job\/#%E2%80%9CThe_Jan_6_Committee_should_do_its_whole_job%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;The Jan. 6 Committee should do its whole job&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CThe_Jan_6_Committee_should_do_its_whole_job%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;The Jan. 6 Committee should do its whole job&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--columnist inline-module--author\">\n<div class=\"inline-module--author__img\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"76\" height=\"69\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/author-betsy-mccaughey.png?w=76&amp;h=69&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-nyp_columnist size-nyp_columnist\" alt=\"Betsy McCaughey\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/author-betsy-mccaughey.png?w=152 152w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/author-betsy-mccaughey.png?w=114 114w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/author-betsy-mccaughey.png?w=76 76w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/author-betsy-mccaughey.png?w=38 38w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/author-betsy-mccaughey.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 76px) 100vw, 76px\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The Jan. 6 Committee just revealed how nakedly political it is. Forget protecting the nation: It\u2019s safeguarding the Democratic Party.<\/p>\n<p>After conducting hundreds of depositions and closed-door hearings,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/justice-department\/jan-6-committee-staffers-told-preliminary-plan-final-report-focus-larg-rcna56802\">committee staff were notified<\/a>\u00a0last week that most of their findings \u2014 about domestic extremist groups and about law enforcement\u2019s failure to protect the Capitol \u2014 will be excluded from the final report.<\/p>\n<p>All those investigations, paid for by taxpayers, are destined for the circular file. The report, due before the end of the year, will be about Trump and nothing but Trump.<\/p>\n<p>A sensible decision, <em>if <\/em>the committee\u2019s only purpose is to cripple a Republican presidential candidate. <\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s conduct that day is damning. But the Committee\u2019s mandate was broader \u2014 to ensure that the process of electing a president, and the Capitol itself, would be inviolate no matter who runs.<\/p>\n<p>The Jan. 6 riot was abhorrent, a low point in the history of our Republic. Americans deserve a complete, factual report on how it h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ened and what can be done to prevent a recurrence.<\/p>\n<p>In the months before the midterms, President Biden and his <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> allies pummeled Americans with warnings that the nation is threatened by soaring, violent right-wing extremism. The New York Times called it the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/05\/12\/us\/politics\/domestic-terror-white-supremacists.html\">country\u2019s \u201ctop terrorism threat,\u201d<\/a> citing the Department of Homeland Security.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/2022-11-05T002207Z_65515596_RC2J0X9EXSIN_RTRMADP_3_USA-CAPITOL-SECURITY-TRUMP.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Committee staff\" class=\"wp-image-24682966\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/2022-11-05T002207Z_65515596_RC2J0X9EXSIN_RTRMADP_3_USA-CAPITOL-SECURITY-TRUMP.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/2022-11-05T002207Z_65515596_RC2J0X9EXSIN_RTRMADP_3_USA-CAPITOL-SECURITY-TRUMP.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/2022-11-05T002207Z_65515596_RC2J0X9EXSIN_RTRMADP_3_USA-CAPITOL-SECURITY-TRUMP.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/2022-11-05T002207Z_65515596_RC2J0X9EXSIN_RTRMADP_3_USA-CAPITOL-SECURITY-TRUMP.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Committee staff were notified that depositions and closed-door hearings were excluded from the final report.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">REUTERS\/Jabin Botsford<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), a co-chair of the Jan 6\u00a0Committee,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/11\/02\/opinions\/domestic-terrorism-threat-we-cant-ignore-thompson\">insisted that attack on the Capitol was not an isolated incident<\/a>. Singling out \u201cright wing extremists\u201d for most of the blame, he claimed terrorists were \u201creducing state capitols, grocery stores, schools, houses of worship and concerts to crime\u00a0scenes.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>Frightening rhetoric that undoubtedly had an impact on voters, even among the 75% who said the nation is going in the wrong direction. How true are these claims? The Jan. 6 Committee should be providing the public with facts.<\/p>\n<p>Americans can\u2019t rely on the FBI. The agency is playing politics, manipulating data to make it look like right-wing extremists threaten America, according to whistleblowers cited by a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/republicans-judiciary.house.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/HJC_STAFF_FBI_REPORT.pdf\">House Judiciary Committee minority report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>FBI data keepers reclassified incidents as domestic terrorism. They also took each one of the many hundreds of Capitol rioters arrested and made a separate case file located in the local FBI office near the rioter\u2019s residence, to create the illusion of a nationwide threat instead of a single incident in Washington, DC.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/11\/03\/opinion\/political-violence-extremism.html\">The Times editorial board ginned up fear on Nov. 3<\/a>, claiming \u201cincidents of political violence in the United States by right-wing extremists have soared.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/Capitol_Riot_Infowars_Staffer_93446jpg-c1145.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"capitol riot\" class=\"wp-image-24682920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/Capitol_Riot_Infowars_Staffer_93446jpg-c1145.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/Capitol_Riot_Infowars_Staffer_93446jpg-c1145.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/Capitol_Riot_Infowars_Staffer_93446jpg-c1145.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/Capitol_Riot_Infowars_Staffer_93446jpg-c1145.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Americans need a factual report on how the Capitol riot happened \u2014 and what can be done to prevent it from happening again.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP\/Jose Luis Magana<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Times struggled to incriminate right-wing Republicans for the despicable hammer attack on Paul Pelosi, husband of Speaker Nancy Pelosi, saying the attacker <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/11\/03\/opinion\/political-violence-extremism.html\">\u201cechoed their hatred of Nancy Pelosi\u201d<\/a> while at the same time conceding \u201cit\u2019s unclear whether the man had links to any of them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The nation has suffered from political violence. But the evidence already at hand suggests that political violence is not a major threat to American lives. The Center for Strategic and International Studies reports that\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.csis.org\/analysis\/pushed-extremes-domestic-terrorism-amid-polarization-and-protest\">that US fatalities due to domestic political violence average 31 per year<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Nineteen deaths were <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/jemimamcevoy\/2020\/06\/08\/14-days-of-protests-19-dead\/?sh=62fe2f2f4de4\">linked to the two weeks of rioting following George Floyd\u2019s murder.<\/a> These tolls pale beside the\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/nchs\/fastats\/homicide.htm\">25,000 homicides yearly<\/a>\u00a0in this country. Crime, and pro-crime policies favored by Democrats, are the real threat to our safety.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/Capitol_Riot_Oath_Keepers_75548jpg-53f71.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"oath keepers\" class=\"wp-image-24682930\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/Capitol_Riot_Oath_Keepers_75548jpg-53f71.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/Capitol_Riot_Oath_Keepers_75548jpg-53f71.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/Capitol_Riot_Oath_Keepers_75548jpg-53f71.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/Capitol_Riot_Oath_Keepers_75548jpg-53f71.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>There is speculation the committee is not doing their job effectively because the narrative does not align with the Democratic party. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP\/Manuel Balce Ceneta<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>CSIS reports that political violence is increasingly a side effect of urban protests and marches. In 2021, 73% of these attacks were \u201corchestrated by far-left individuals,\u201d often in opposition to law enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>The Jan. 6\u00a0Committee should do its job, providing undoctored data and an accurate perspective on whether the nation is threatened by violent right-wing extremism. Perhaps the committee is ducking the issue because the truth doesn\u2019t agree with Democratic rhetoric.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, the committee\u2019s spending its final weeks putting on a sideshow over whether Donald Trump will testify.<\/p>\n<p>What a travesty.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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