The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol by Donald Trump supporters voted unanimously to ask the Justice Department to prosecute the former president for alleged crimes—including inciting an insurrection.
The committee’s nine members agreed Monday that their 17-month probe found enough evidence to urge that Trump and others face four federal criminal charges linked to efforts to overturn the 2020 election, which Joe Biden won.
“We’ve never had a President of the United States stir up a violent attempt to block the transfer of power,” Chairman Bennie Thompson said at the panel’s final meeting Monday. “If we are to survive as nation of laws and democracy, this can never happen again.” The referrals do not carry any legal weight. The Justice Department has its own investigation and is free to disregard the lawmaker referrals. Trump and his allies have maintained their innocence and claimed the Jan. 6 committee was politically motivated. Even so, a summary spells out what the committee believes prosecutors can prove at trial, based on interviews and other evidence.It’s a crime to “corruptly” obstruct, influence or impede any official government proceeding, or attempt to do so.
“Perhaps most crucially, Trump tended to operate elusively—handing off tasks to subordinates, avoiding confrontation, eschewing e-mails — so admissible evidence may be harder to come by than followers of the January 6th Committee might expect,” O’Brien said.
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