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What the rise of the far-right congresswoman means for the House, the G.O.P. and the nation.

“He must be accountable,” the committee’s chairman said as it presented a sweeping summation of its findings. But the prospect of the former president testifying appeared unlikely.

The torch now passes to other actors who hold the power to achieve accountability for the attack on the Capitol.

In a rambling, 14-page restatement of false claims and conspiracy theories, the former president did not indicate whether he would testify before the House panel investigating the Capitol riot.

Readers praise the committee for doing “a masterful job” of compiling and presenting the evidence. Also: The Parkland gunman; support for Mayor Eric Adams.

Even without his testimony, the Jan. 6 committee has revealed what we need to know about the former president.

It has set itself up as the defender of America’s democracy. It’s the wrong venue for such a mission.

In eight hearings, the Jan. 6 committee has examined strategies meant to keep President Trump in power, from pressuring the vice president to stoking anger that culminated in the riot at the Capitol.

The two Republicans who broke with their party after the Jan. 6 attack and have been its only two representatives on the committee investigating the riot have little time remaining as members of Congress.

Prosecutors in the seditious conspiracy trial of five members of the militia presented the messages as evidence of an effort to build an “alliance” with other extremist organizations.