Both the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers had played key roles in the Capitol assault. Members of each of those two far-right militias had been convicted of seditious conspiracy. We all suspected there was more to this story. For these and other reasons, the Committee did not feel that we could close our investigation of January 6 without seeking direct testimony from Donald Trump. As it turned out, Donald Trump’s earlier posturing was just posturing. 57.
