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The images and testimony coming from the public hearings of the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol are shocking and horrifying for many people. But they’re also bringing a surge of traffic to Donald Trump’s Twitter-clone Truth Social.The app saw a 185% spike in downloads on the day following the first televised hearing, compared to the 7-day average, according to Data.ai, formerly known as App Annie. That brings the total number of downloads, life to date, to 2.6 million.To be…

Members of the Committee attend the public hearing of the U.S. House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the United States Capitol, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 9, 2022.Jonathan Ernst | ReutersMembers of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot were tightlipped about what to expect in this week's public hearings, giving few details beyond their road map to prove that former President Donald Trump is to blame for the efforts to overturn the 2020 election results.The…

Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., left, the House Appropriations Committee chair, and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., confer during a news conference on the House Democrats $28 million emergency spending bill to address the shortage of infant formula in the United States, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, May 17, 2022.J. Scott Applewhite | APHouse Democrats will hold hearings on the baby formula shortage in the U.S., and move to pass legislation to increase Food and Drug Administration inspection staff to…