Panel investigating assault on Capitol blame Donald Trump for ‘attempted coup’

The House panel investigating the January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol have laid the blame firmly on former president Donald Trump (Michael Wyke/AP)

The House panel investigating the January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol have laid the blame firmly on former president Donald Trump.

The committee said the assault was not spontaneous but an “attempted coup” and a direct result of the defeated president’s effort to overturn the 2020 election.