On Thursday afternoon, the Jan. 6 committee held what was billed as its final hearing—a somewhat winding summation of its argument that Donald Trump knew he had lost the election, attempted to flaunt the Constitution by overturning it, and knowingly propelled his supporters toward violence.
The day didn’t produce much in the way of bombshells, but it did end with the committee members solemnly taking a surprise vote to subpoena the former president himself for questioning. (We’ll see how that goes.) At the same time, it turned up new tidbits of information and some choice one-liners underlining the most lurid and depressing facts of this case. Oh, also, we were treated to footage of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi explaining how someone had pooped on the floor of Congress, which sort of feels like a metaphor for this whole era of politics, doesn’t it? —Jordan Weissmann
