Byron York’s Daily Memo: It’s Jan. 6 week 

It didn’t happen. Trump remains, at the moment, the leading potential candidate in a 2024 Republican presidential primary. And that is where the Jan. 6 committee comes in.

Committee members, Democrats plus Pelosi-picked Republican allies Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, are looking for a reason to call for criminal charges against Trump. At the moment, they seem to be focusing on Trump’s decision to wait until after 4:00 p.m. on the day of the riot 4:17 p.m. exactly to post a video calling for the rioters to stand down and go home.

“The violence unfolded that afternoon,” Cheney said last month. “But for 187 minutes, President Trump refused to act.” The 187 minutes, which Cheney refers to frequently, is apparently the three hours and seven minutes between the portion of Trump’s speech in which he called for his supporters to “peacefully” protest at the Capitol and the 4:17 p.m. video telling them to leave. During that period, contrary to Cheney’s assertion, Trump tweeted twice once, at 2:38 p.m., saying, “Please support our Capitol Police and Law Enforcement. They are truly on the side of our Country. Stay peaceful!” and then, at 3:13 p.m., saying, “I am asking for everyone at the U.S. Capitol to remain peaceful. No violence! Remember, WE are the Party of Law & Order respect the Law and our great men and women in Blue. Thank you!” Finally, at 4:17 p.m., Trump posted a video telling the rioters, “You have to go home now. We have to have peace. We have to have law and order.

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I’m afraid I’m too tired of this story to cover it. It’s probably pretty important but it’s just too tedious for words. Somebody please let me know when it all shakes out. There has to be a word for utterly mendacious, completely trivial and extremely consequential, but I don’t know what it is.