As the House select committee investigating the Capitol insurrection wraps up its work, there are some troubling indications that it is not going to tell the full story of why an armed and violent mob tried to stop Congress from formally certifying a presidential election.
There's no question that disgraced ex-President Donald Trump was the proximate cause of the first-ever attack on the peaceful transition of power. Even the Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., has admitted as much. But while Trump was the cause of the Capitol Putsch, he did not inspire it.
