Why do we need a 1/6 commission? Why not let the FBI just keep investigating?

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13. The internets had a comment on that very point in the past day or two

Hitler's Beer Hall Putsch, 1923.

Hitler went to jail for a couple of years, but there was no fundamental reckoning for what he attempted. The rest, as the saying goes, is history.

So, sure, the FBI can and should continue its work, and with some luck and determination many of the 400 or so charged will go to prison. Heck, maybe even trump will end up in prison (though I'm increasingly pessimistic that trump, his minions, and his repubilcan party lackeys will see any time behind bars - no special insights, just a feeling).

But if We - the People, the Congress - don't have a more thorough reckoning, the likelihood that the next coup attempt will be successful increases. To those on the right, fascism has become just another option for governance. Draconian laws suppressing the vote and disseminating against large portions of our population are simply part of reasonable governing. After all, how bad could 1/6 have been if no one investigated it? Maybe it just was a bunch of tourists.