The overarching narrative presented by the House January 6 Committee is that the violence of January 6 was the culmination of a long process: that Trump laid the groundwork to undermine the election long before November 2020; promoted the Big Lie every day since the election; invited the mob to the Ellipse on January 6; incited them on that day; urged them to march on the Capitol; and then stood by approvingly while they did what he told them to do.
At the same time, last Thursday's hearing deliberately focused on Trump's malfeasance during the three hours in which the insurrection itself took place and Trump watched it unfold while refusing to do anything to restore law and order. Insufficient attention has also been paid to the fact that much of the framing of this outrage has too-narrowly centered on Trump's betrayal of his own Vice President, Mike Pence—who was hardly the only figure in fear for their life on January 6.