BREAKING: Former US president Donald Trump has been referred for criminal prosecution over last year's Capitol attack.
The January 6 committee has referred Trump for criminal investigation.“In summary, President Trump lit the flame. He poured gasoline on the fire and sat by in the White House dining room for hours watching the fire burn, and today still continues to flag to fan those flames. That was his extreme dereliction of duty,” said Democratic member Elaine Luria.
“Republicans and Patriots all over the land must stand strong and united against the Thugs and Scoundrels of the Unselect Committee. It will be a dark period in American history, but with darkness comes light!!!” he wrote on his Truth Social online platform ahead of today’s hearing.Despite his renewed bid for office, Trump is currently the subject of multiple investigations.
In Trump’s former home city of New York, he is now facing multiple investigations into his company and personal finances. And in the battleground of Georgia, prosecutors are investigating whether Trump and his allies broke the law by trying to overturn his 2020 election loss in that state, too. The committee’s work over the past 18 months has been informed by about 1000 interviews, more than one million documents, about 100 subpoenas and countless public tips to a confidential hotline. The most powerful testimonies came from those within Trump’s own orbit, such as his former attorney general Bill Barr, former White House staffer Cassidy Hutchinson, his then-legal counsel Pat Cipillone, and daughter Ivanka Trump.
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