The Jan. 6 committee's plan to prove Trump’s culpability

The Jan. 6 committee hearing on Thursday promised to prove former President Trump was responsible for the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.

Driving the news: “President Trump summoned the mob, assembled the mob, and lit the flame,” Vice Chair Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) said, before laying out a seven-point plan for how the panel will publicly show Trump tried to overturn the 2020 election and prevent the transition of power to President-elect Biden.

The last hearing, likely to be the most explosive, will center on Trump's specific actions as the violence was underway.

Between the lines: It’s intentional that Cheney delivered the most damning evidence against the former president.

The committee wants Americans to see not only a Republican, but the daughter of a former Republican vice president, detailing Trump's involvement and directly connecting him to the Capitol attack.