Why bother. Let's put this into a more 19th century old west perspective. Let's say you've been accused of cattle rustling. A posse goes out and happens to find you and a couple of friends with "some" of the murdered cattle owner's cattle with you. The posse, which know you and once found you favorable, but because you differed with some of their policies, they suddenly didn't like you, claim because you had some of the murdered cattle owner's cattle with you, you and your friends are the determined to be the cattle rustlers. You present a handwritten note by the cattle owner, showing that you legitimately paid for those cattle. The "posse," not liking you, decide you are guilty anyway. That the note was either forced or forged. They decide you and your friends should be hanged on the spot and you are. Shortly after being hung, a group rides up and informs the posse that they caught the real cattle rustlers. Today, we would call that a lynch mob, but in essence, what happened was a "Kangaroo Court." The accused was presented in front of a group, all who didn't like the accused, didn't care about the truth and wanted the accused individuals hanged. What we are looking at with the January 6th, Committee is similar. Everyone on that committee hates the former president and everyone on that committee wants him hung (figuratively). That is a classic example of a biased judge and jury.
If you were in such a trial, where you happened to be in the area of a major crime, were dressed similarly and fit the description, even though you didn't do anything wrong, and if the jury, wanting to just sweep the issue under the rug and be done with it, you would be in chains for years, or executed, if no sufficient evidence existed to exonerate you. The Committe is thus, a joke, if it weren't so dangerous.
As for the old west tale, watch the old movie "The Oxbow Incident."
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