July 12, 2022: Jan. 6 panel zeroes in on Trump tweet
Today at 1 p.m. Eastern, the House Jan. 6 committee \u201cplans to make its most complex case yet,\u201d write Nicholas Wu and Kyle Cheney: \u201cthat Donald Trump's words and actions influenced extremists and brought them to the steps of the Capitol.\u201d\nCentral to that case is Trump\u2019s tweet on Dec. 19, 2020: \u201cBig protest in D.C. on January 6th. Be there, will be wild!\u201d\xa0\nRep. Stephanie Murphy's (D-Fla.) described that tweet as a \u201cclarion call\u201d to members of the far-right Proud Boys and Oath Keepers. \u201cWe\u2019ll show you how they began to organize around that date,\u201d she said in an interview. Doing so, Nick and Kyle write, \u201cwill require investigators to delve into the sordid world of internet extremism and specifically lay out how Trump\u2019s words rippled through its corners.\u201d\xa0\nSubscribe to the POLITICO Playbook newsletter\nRaghu Manavalan is the Host of POLITICO's Playbook.Jenny Ament is the Executive Producer of POLITICO Audio.