The US House of Representatives committee investigating the January 6 Capitol attack is preparing to vote on urging the Justice Department to pursue at least three criminal charges against former president Donald Trump.
The US House of Representatives committee investigating the January 6 Capitol attack is preparing to vote on urging the Justice Department to pursue at least three criminal charges against former president Donald Trump, including insurrection,The committee has scheduled what is likely to be its final meeting for 1 pm on Monday when it will consider referring people to the Justice Department for prosecution as well as to other bodies for sanctions that could include disbarment by state officials.
The January 6 committee has previously indicated it believed it had evidence that Donald Trump’s involvement amounted to crimes.A subcommittee of four of the panel’s nine members has met separately to come up with recommendations that will be presented at the meeting including the obstruction and fraud charges against Trump.
The case stems from an assault on the Capitol last year by a violent mob of Trump supporters attempting to prevent the certification of Joe Biden’s presidential election. The committee has previously indicated in legal filings that it believed it had evidence that Trump’s involvement amounted to crimes — and a judge later agreed, listing obstruction and conspiracy to defraud as crimes likely to have occurred.Other potential charges against Trump and his associates could be discussed Monday along with recommendations for civil sanctions.
The referrals would be largely be symbolic since Congress has no ability to compel prosecutions by the Justice Department, though the agency has ramped up its own investigations into Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election and subpoenaed top aides to appear before federal grand juries.A committee spokesman had no comment Friday on the subcommittee’s recommendations to the full panel, and chairman Bennie Thompson on Thursday also would not comment.
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