Trump lit that fire, says House report on Capitol Hill insurrection

Panel urges steps to safeguard US electoral integrity, asks Congress to weigh barring Trump from office

The House committee investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol issued a more than 800-page final report on Thursday, delivering a detailed case that former US President Donald Trump incited the violence in a failed attempt to hold onto power.
 

The committee also said Congress should consider whether to bar Trump and others tied to the January 6 attack from public office,  aimed at preventing future attempts to overturn a US election. The committee called for assessing whether anyone — possibly including Trump — who took an oath of public office and later stoked the insurrection should be