“For decades, Freedom House has tracked cases of authoritarian leaders who defrauded their people and resorted to violence when they failed to earn public support, often justifying their actions with the claim that they were protecting democracy. January 6 was the culmination of a coup attempt, and it nearly succeeded. This assault caused the deaths of five people and endangered the lives of hundreds of members of Congress, staff, journalists, and law enforcement officers. Finally, on January 6, the president and his supporters knowingly encouraged a violent mob to storm the US Capitol in a last-ditch attempt to stop the peaceful transfer of power. Instead he promoted baseless claims of fraud that undermined public trust in the election system and inspired threats of violence against election officials, and he pressed an array of state and federal authorities to participate in unlawful efforts to reverse his defeat. Even as senior figures in the administration told the president directly and repeatedly that he had lost the election, and even as he lost every relevant legal challenge in the courts, the president refused to accept the results. The president and his allies knowingly perpetuated the lie of a stolen election-a lie that still holds sway over nearly four in 10 Americans. “Over the past six weeks, the hearings of the select committee have presented convincing evidence that President Trump led an attempted coup d’état following his 2020 election loss. Abramowitz issued the following statement:
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Emergency Assistance and Thematic Programsįollowing the conclusion of a series of public hearings by the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol, Freedom House president Michael J.
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