Washington | Digging into the aftermath of the 2020 election, members of the January 6 committee on Tuesday (Wednesday AEST) focused on a meeting between then president Donald Trump and outside advisers that devolved into what they described as a chaotic, screaming confrontation over a desperate attempt to overturn the election.

Drawing from testimony from former attorney-general William Barr and others, the committee described in detail a hastily organised meeting in which advisers proposed an executive order to have the military seize voting machines in crucial states Mr Trump had lost.