the select committee to investigate the january 6th attack on the united states capitol will be in order. without objection, the chair is authorized to declare the committee in recess pursuant the house deposition authority regulation ten, the chair announces the committee s approval to release the deposition material presented during today s hearing. good afternoon and may god bless the united states of america. four months ago, this committee started to present our findings to you, the american people. from the beginning, we understood that some people watching those proceedings would wrongly assume that the committee s investigation was a partisan exercise. that s why i asked those who are skeptical of our work to simply listen. to listen to the evidence, to hear the testimony with an open mind. and to let the facts speak for themselves before reaching a judgment. over the course of these hearings, the evidence has proven that there were a multi part plan led by former p
although we don t yet have all the relevant records of roger stone s communications, even stones on social media posts acknowledge that he as spoke with donald trump on december 27th as preparations for january six were underway. and this posts you can see how roger stone s talked about conversations with president trump. he wrote i also told the president exactly how he can appoint a special counsel with full subpoena power to ensure those who are attempting to steal the 2020 election through voter fraud are charged and convicted and to ensure donald trump continues as our president. as we know by now, the idea of a special counsel was not just an aisle suggestion. it was something president trump actually tried to do earlier that month. we know that roger stone was at the willard hotel on january 5th and sixth. and we know from other witness testimony that president trump asked his chief