I guess a congressional committee is the U.S. equivalent of what Canadians and Brits would call a Royal Commission, with sweeping powers of investigation and the ability to compel testimony but no authority to lay charges.

I find it just a wee bit shocking that this one, the January 6 Committee, has designed its proceedings to drip-feed the most damning and least ambiguous testimony to the public, apparently in order to generate enough pressure from voters to stimulate the political will necessary to shame the Justice Department into acting against Mr Trump and his enablers.

That is so sad.