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In riveting Season 1 finale, Jan. 6 committee used Trump's allies against him

A video clip of a Fox News broadcast of the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection is seen on screen during a hearing of the House Select Committee to Investigate the Jan. 6 Attack on the United States Capitol in the Cannon House Office Building on Thursday, July 21, 2022, in Washington, D.C..

The season finale of the Jan. 6 committee hearings was a tour de force of emotion, violence, deception and bravery that detailed the fallout of President Donald Trump's actions — or lack thereof — during the deadly attack on the Capitol.

Thursday's live, prime-time broadcast tied up the first six weeks of hearings with a powerhouse presentation focused on the former president's dereliction of duty on Jan. 6, 2021.

In unflinching detail, the committee described the 187 minutes between Trump's inflammatory Ellipse speech and his begrudging

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