5 takeaways from the final Jan. 6 committee hearing

The congressional committee investigating the deadly Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol referred former President Donald Trump for four criminal charges related to an insurrection that he inspired because he couldn't publicly accept that he'd lost an election.

In the face of it all, that former president already announced he is running again to win back the job.

That's the state of American politics, with a divided populace and millions purposely not paying attention to the evidence presented by the committee, just two weeks ahead of the two-year anniversary of the riot.

The Jan. 6 committee is out of time. Republicans are set to take control of the House, and the committee is expected to dissolve. So the legal ball will now be in the Justice Department's court, while the political one rests with the voters.

"Accountability that can only be found in the criminal justice system," committee Chairman Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss. said. "We have every confidence that