Pelosi initiated the hearings after her second failed [[Impeachment 2.0|sham impeachment]],<ref>https://americandigest.com/legal-scholars-advocate-for-dismissal-of-impeachment-after-trump-leaves-office/comment-page-1/</ref> this time aimed at Trump voters and not the President himself.<ref>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jul/16/pelosis-trump-impeachment-30/</ref> Rep. [[Benny Thompson]], a black separatist and veteran apologist for the 1960s era Republic of Africa domestic extremist group,<ref>https://justthenews.com/government/congress/jan-6-commission-chairman-once-sympathized-black-secessionist-group-killed-cops</ref> served as chair. The panel was a taxpayer-funded opposition research team for the [[2022 Midterm elections]] with [[subpoena]]s for everyone connected with the Trump movement. | Pelosi initiated the hearings after her second failed [[Impeachment 2.0|sham impeachment]],<ref>https://americandigest.com/legal-scholars-advocate-for-dismissal-of-impeachment-after-trump-leaves-office/comment-page-1/</ref> this time aimed at Trump voters and not the President himself.<ref>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jul/16/pelosis-trump-impeachment-30/</ref> Rep. [[Benny Thompson]], a black separatist and veteran apologist for the 1960s era Republic of Africa domestic extremist group,<ref>https://justthenews.com/government/congress/jan-6-commission-chairman-once-sympathized-black-secessionist-group-killed-cops</ref> served as chair. The panel was a taxpayer-funded opposition research team for the [[2022 Midterm elections]] with [[subpoena]]s for everyone connected with the Trump movement. |