suggesting extremist ideologies have moved into the mainstream. a democrat lead investigator committee has amassed tens of thousands of documents and interviewed over 300 witnesses. summoning over 50. the committee is recommending criminal contempt charges for two of trump s former aides for refusing to appear. steve bannon is due in court later this year and mark meadows, with the justice department considering charges against. an aide so close to the president his text messages revealed trump s son sought his help in getting through to his dad on the day. getting through to his dad on the da . ., , getting through to his dad on theda. ., ., the day. donald trump junior texted again the day. donald trump junior texted again and the day. donald trump junior texted again and again - the day. donald trump junior| texted again and again urging action by the president, quote we need an oval office address. he has to lead now. it has gone too far and gotten out of hand.
the committee is now seeking to speak to fox news host sean kennedy who is said to have texted donald trump steam on january five that he was very worried about the next 48 hours. the committee is under pressure to deliver before the midterms in november when they could be dissolved if the republicans do well. as they ask federal and state officials if they were put under pressure to change election results, and question whether the president really did consider using emergency powers to get the national guard to dojust emergency powers to get the national guard to do just that. despite the shocking scenes from last year, this remains far from from last year, this remains farfrom a one sided from last year, this remains far from a one sided story. recent polling shows that 26% of republicans think the protesters who entered the capital were mostly violent compared to 78% of democrats. 72% of republicans say that
donald trump does not really bear responsibility for what happened. compared to 60% of americans who say he bears a great deal, or a good amount. a year on from urging his followers to fight like health after a rigged election, donald trump maintains he has done nothing wrong. that he has just cancelled a news conference scheduled forjanuary six, claiming total bias and dishonesty of what he called the january six unselect committee and fake news media. one reading of which is that the pressure may be starting to bite. mark labelle, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: we ll tell you why tennis star novak djokovic has come under fire for being allowed to play at the australian open. the japanese people are in mourning