Jan. 6 Panel Blasts Trump for Inciting Capitol Assault in Report

The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol delivered a scathing report that blamed “one man,” former President Donald Trump, for inciting violence to try and hold onto power.

The 814-page report concludes a 1 1/2-year probe that detailed Trump’s behind-the-scenes fury and his efforts to pressure state officials and the Justice Department to overturn the election.

Donald Trump displayed on a screen during a hearing of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on Dec. 19.

Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg

“The central cause of January 6th was one man, former President Donald Trump, who many others followed,” the report asserts in its executive summary, placing the mob invasion of the Capitol within “a multi-part plan to overturn ...