The US House select committee investigating the January 6 Capitol riot began laying out its initial findings on Thursday night in the first in a series of public hearings.
Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson and Republican Vice Chair Liz Cheney said they will present evidence over the next few weeks showing that former President Donald Trump knew he lost the election yet still pushed false information to convince the public the race had been stolen.
They said Mr. Trump was at the center of a coordinated effort to reverse President Joe Biden's 2020 election victory and provoked the violence at the Capitol that day.
The nine-member committee showed new video from the day of the attack, and heard testimony from a Capitol Police officer, Caroline Edwards, who suffered a traumatic brain injury from the violence.
Mr. Trump, in a social media message after the hearing, criticised the committee for not showing the many positive witnesses and statements and playing only negative footage.
The hearings are set to take place over the next few weeks.
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