Bennie Thompson

Mike Pence said no. He resisted the pressure. He knew it was illegal. He knew it was wrong.

There is no idea more un-American than the notion that any one person could choose the American President.

January 6th and the lies that led to insurrection have put two and a half centuries of constitutional democracy at risk.

The country faces so many threats from White supremacists and militia extremists, cyber criminals, pandemic diseases, authoritarian governments, and extreme weather caused by climate change.

We don`t have the authority.

These attacks leave deep and lasting scars on our communities, and our Government must do everything in its power to put a stop to this violence.

We are here today to discuss the Department of Homeland Security's Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention (TVTP) grant program.

Yet just as importantly, these programs must ensure that the protections for privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties that all Americans enjoy are not swept aside in the name of prevention.

The goal is to reach people who may have started down the wrong path but have not yet committed a crime.

Hurricane Season began on June 1, and we have already seen one named storm, Alex, in the Atlantic.

As stated by U.S. District Court Judge David Carter, this was 'a coup in search of a legal theory.'

That is the bottom line. We have had an election. Mr. Trump lost. But he refused to accept the results of the democratic process.

Last week, the Select Committee laid out a preview of our initial findings about the conspiracy overseen and directed by Donald Trump to overturn the results of the 2020 Presidential election and block the transfer of power--a scheme…

The Honorable Bennie G. Thompson, a Representative in Congress From the State of Mississippi, and Chairman, Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol.

It represented Trump's last stand, most desperate chance to halt the transfer of power.

Donald Trump was at the center of this conspiracy and ultimately, Donald Trump, the president of the United States, spurred a mob of domestic enemies of the Constitution to march down the capital and subvert American democracy.

Everything we present, we will be able to verify if there`s anyone who disagrees with what we present. All they have to do is come before the committee, take a -- we`ll swear them, put them under oath, and they can talk. That`s from the…

We have proof about Ivanka's participation with her daddy on a regular basis about what was going on. On January 6th, she was there in the White House.

Donald Trump, the President of the United States, spurred a mob of domestic enemies of the Constitution, to march down the Capitol and subvert American democracy.

Bennie Thompson, Chairman Bennie Thompson, made the point yesterday that, in 1862, the Congress added that you take an oath to defend the Constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic because of the Civil War.

This committee was formed after 9/11, as part of the effort to better protect the homeland from terrorism and other threats.

We must pursue the least burdensome path while ensuring the Nation's safety and security.

This was no tourist visit to the Capitol.

We can't sweep what happened under the rug. The American people deserve answers.

January 6th was the culmination of an attempted coup, a brazen attempt... to overthrow the Government.