Guest columnist Austin Sarat: Bearing witness
In this Jan. 6, 2021 file photo, Trump supporters participate in a rally in Washington. An AP review of records finds that members of President Donald Trump’s failed campaign were key players in the Washington rally that spawned a deadly assault on the U.S. Capitol last week. AP
Published: 1/19/2021 4:01:35 PM
The storming of the Capitol on Jan. 6 was a ghastly bookend to an American presidency unlike any other in this nation’s history. President Trump began his term by promising to end “American carnage” and ended it by encouraging a violent coup against democracy.