The Jan. 6 committee released its final report on Thursday night — an
845-page document drawn from nearly 1,200 witness interviews and reams
of hard-won documents that places Donald Trump at the center of the
deadly assault. POLITICO's Kyle Cheney and Nicolas Wu write “Trump’s
incendiary lies about the 2020 election activated an extraordinary
coalition of far-right militants and conspiracy theorists who not only
joined the mob but were its vanguard smashing through police lines."

Rep. Bob Good (R-Va.) — a "Never Kevin" Republican — would likely be
dismissed by his colleagues as a gadfly. But given the unexpectedly slim
House majority the GOP gained in November, Good and a handful of
like-minded conservatives hold McCarthy’s fate in their hands — and
stand ready to wield considerable power next year, no matter who ends up
as speaker.

Playbook co-author Rachael Bade sat down with Good for the Playbook Deep
Dive podcast this week to try to understand the rebellion brewing
against McCarthy. We learned that Good & Co. are formulating a plan for
the Jan. 3 speaker vote. He said Anti-McCarthy members are currently
plotting to back Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) on the first ballot to prove
McCarthy can’t get the gavel. But once the second ballot is called,
they’ll begin coalescing around another, unnamed candidate — a GOP
lawmaker most have already agreed upon, Good said, but one that he will
not name for fear of hurting this person’s candidacy.

While Playbook reported extensively this week on the quiet effort to
prepare No. 2 leader Steve Scalise as an alternative, Good stayed mum,
explaining that this person, quote “cannot be part of, and they are not
part of, the effort to block McCarthy.”