Committee to investigate how Trump’s ‘siren call’ incited Capitol riots

The House committee is preparing to highlight the way violent far-right extremists answered Donald Trump’s ‘siren call’ to come to Washington for a big rally (John Locher/AP)
The House committee is preparing to highlight the way violent far-right extremists answered Donald Trump’s ‘siren call’ to come to Washington for a big rally (John Locher/AP)

The House committee is preparing to highlight the way violent far-right extremists answered Donald Trump’s “siren call” to come to Washington for a big rally.

The panel investigating the deadly attack on January 6 2021 is set to convene on Tuesday for a public hearing probing what it calls the final phase of Mr Trump’s multi-pronged effort to halt Joe Biden’s victory.

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