With limited time to complete an essential public service, the congressional committee probing the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan.6, 2021, should avoid distractions and focus on the one witness who remains truly indispensable: the 45th president of the United States, Donald J. Trump.

Both historical patterns and recent polling strongly suggest that Republicans could win a decisive margin in the House of Representatives with the midterm voting this November. Shortly thereafter, the empowered GOP could disband the House select committee, despite united Democratic opposition – just as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s Democrats commissioned it in the first place with only two Republicans …Click here to read the full column at USAToday.com.