Maybe hopes for dramatic findings in the January 6 hearings are overblown, but the revelations are as important as the convictions even as the evidence of provoked insurrection piles up. What was revealed in the previous impeachments of President Trump might have been important, but it was all tamped down by the lack of a conviction. That should not happen again.

When you consider the lack of evidence that has supported the “deep state” conspiracy, the amount of evidence that might show the provocation of the January 6 insurrection could be considered substantial. Regardless of the outcome of the hearings or the subsequent prosecutions, the evidence should be taken seriously. What happened leading up to January 6 matters, regardless of who goes to jail.

“You shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free” (John 8:32). Some of the truths we might learn through the hearings:

• The results of the elections of 2022 were accurate and valid.
• The effort to convince Vice President Mike Pence to change those results was fraudulent and illegal.
• The storming of the Capitol to change those results was insurrection against an orderly transfer of power.
• The lack of executive effort to curb this insurrection was a dereliction of duty.
• All advisors and officials found participating in plans to subvert the balloting of the Electoral College are implicated in the insurrection.
• Some will be found criminally responsible.

And consequent to these revelations,

• All those who campaign in the midterm elections supporting the claim of a fraudulent 2022 Presidential election do not deserve to be elected.

These may not be startling revelations if you are a Democrat, but they have remained issues in the current Primary campaigns. The evidence brought forth in the current hearings should resolve these issues as matters of fact, not opinions that remain in play for the midterms.  Regardless of what the ex-President may continue to claim, these revelations will establish what has been contentious for seventeen months.

Regardless of who serves time or loses their license or is restricted by court order, the evidence is the evidence. None of it should should be minimized by the lack or insufficiency of legal convictions when the dust has cleared.  Voters should remember what has been proven in hearings or court proceedings and act accordingly when candidates claim otherwise.  The evidence is the evidence. The truth shall set you free.