over there The House Committee on Assault on the US Congress voted unanimously to recommend that the Department of Justice impeach Donald Trump For incitement to rebellion and other crimes related to the events of January 6. According to the committee’s report, Trump “influenced and attempted to obstruct an official operation of the U.S. government,” “conspired to defraud the United States by unlawfully making false statements to the federal government” and “testified and participated in an insurrection against the U.S. states.”
despite For the committee’s full report, we’ll have to wait until Wednesday, a summary published today insists on the centrality of Trump’s role. “The evidence led to a stark conclusion: the main cause of January 6th was one man, former President Donald Trump who was followed by many. None of the events of January 6th would have happened without him,” the summary reads.
The committee’s conclusions will then be sent to the Justice Department which will have to decide on possible legal action, given that several federal investigations into assaults on Congress implicating Trump are underway.
In the report, which will be published on Wednesday, there will also be copies of the thousands of affidavits the commission has collected over 18 months of the investigation, along with a massive amount of documents – including copies of emails, text messages and phone records – that make up the evidence that will be put forward. to the public for scrutiny by federal prosecutors.
But the main argument of the committee’s nine members — including only two Republicans, Vice Presidents Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, who lost their seats in the next Congress to their anti-Trump efforts — is that the main driver of the most dangerous attack. On American Democracy Since the Civil War, it was the former president who “deliberately sowed false allegations of fraud” in an effort to sabotage the election outcome, and in doing so raised $250 million in political contributions.
“These false allegations provoked violence from his supporters on Jan. 6,” reads the summary of the report, which details how Trump pressured, persuaded and threatened anyone unwilling to help him in his endeavours, including federal and state officials. In this regard, the possibility of an attempt to bribe the witnesses called during the Commission’s investigation was also raised.
Commission President – “If the evidence is as we have presented it, I am satisfied that the Department of Justice will indict former President Trump. No one, including the former president, is above the law,” House Assault Committee Chairman Benny Thompson told Congress.
This is the first time that a criminal prosecution of a former US president has been recommended. If indicted on the four counts the commission is challenging — aiding and abetting insurrection, conspiracy to defraud the federal government, making false statements to the federal government, and obstructing a government operation — Trump could face, if convicted, up to 25 years in prison.
The penalty for incitement to disobedience, which carries a penalty of up to 10 years in prison, would also result in disqualification from any public office. Donald Trump ran for the White House again last month.
White House The White House spokeswoman said the House Committee on Congressional Intrusion “did significant bipartisan work to get to the bottom of what happened that day, to ensure it never happens again.” Karen Jean-Pierre, without but going into the specifics of Donald Trump’s indictment recommendations.
“We have been clear from the start that January 6 was the worst attack on our democracy since the Civil War – the spokesperson continued – and the President has been clear that democracy remains under threat.” “We must all do our part to protect him,” he concluded.
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