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
6th was apparently created prior to the attack. this big lie, president trump s effort to convince americans that he had won at the 2020 election began before the election results even came in. it was intentional, it was premeditated, it was not based on election results or any of evidence of actual fraud affecting the results or any actual problems with voting machines. it was a planned concocted in advance. to convince his supporters that he won. and the people who seemingly knew about that plan in advance would ultimately play a significant role in the events of january 6th. mister chairman, i yield back. chairwoman eels back. chair recognizes gentleman from illinois, mr. kinzinger for an opening statement.