WASHINGTON: A legislative panel investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol agreed on Monday to bring criminal charges against the former president. Donald Trump arrive judicialcausing more destabilizing partisan wars in an already deeply divided country.
Following an 18-month investigation into the attack that rocked the country, the nine-member committee, with seven Democrats and two Republicans, recommended that prosecutors pursue four charges. forced against Trump: obstructing the formal process of Congress, plotting to defraud the United States. , instigating or assisting insurrection, and conspiring to make false statements.
It was an unprecedented moment in American history: the first time Congress proposed criminal prosecution of a former president. If the Justice Department – which is expected to act on its own accord – accepts the referral and continues to prosecute and convict Trump, he will not only face jail time, but also jail time. deprived of the right to run for re-election.
“The Committee believes that there is more than enough evidence to criminally prosecute the former President trumpet for assisting or aiding and consoling those at the Capitol who participated in a violent attack on the United States. The committee has developed substantial evidence that President Trump intends to disrupt our peaceful transition under our Constitution,” said Democratic congressman. Jamie Raskin of Maryland said.
As expected, Trump has denied the allegations and used his “True Social” platform to rage against what he sees as a conspiracy to prevent him from running for office. The White House in 2024.
“People understood that the Democratic Bureau of Investigation, the DBI, stopped me from running for president because they knew I was going to win and the whole business of prosecuting me was like impeachment – a partisan attempt to defraud me. out of the way. and Republican Party,” he wrote.
The former President and his most ardent supporters believe the charges will only boost his 2024 campaign, which has been marred by battles between the Republican Party and parts of the Republican Party. Republic wait and see if he will destroy himself or be put down by the countless challenges he faces.
Capitalizing assertions that “I DO NOT DO WRONG” and “What doesn’t kill me makes me stronger,” the former president said Monday, “These people don’t understand that when they come after me, the freedom-loving people gather around me. It strengthens me.” He also raged against a “two-tier justice system” that failed to address “the vast amount of crimes committed by both sides”. Joe and Biden Hunter” has been “recorded and 100 percent certain.”
However, Trump’s troubles are far from over. Another congressional committee is expected to release Trump’s tax returns later this week in an effort to expose his sketchy financial dealings. The Jan. 6 committee, which released only a 160-page executive summary on Monday, is also swarming with documents, including nearly 1,200 transcripts of witness interviews showing his efforts to spoil the process of peaceful transfer of power in detail.
In one such excerpt shown on Monday, former Trump aide hope hicks recounted how the then-President ignored concerns from surrounding advisers that his fraudulent claims in the 2020 presidential election could damage his legacy.
Hicks told the January 6 panel: “I am increasingly concerned that we are damaging his legacy. In response, she said, Trump “did say something like, ‘No one will care about my legacy if I lose, so it won’t matter. The only thing that matters is victory.’”
Following an 18-month investigation into the attack that rocked the country, the nine-member committee, with seven Democrats and two Republicans, recommended that prosecutors pursue four charges. forced against Trump: obstructing the formal process of Congress, plotting to defraud the United States. , instigating or assisting insurrection, and conspiring to make false statements.
It was an unprecedented moment in American history: the first time Congress proposed criminal prosecution of a former president. If the Justice Department – which is expected to act on its own accord – accepts the referral and continues to prosecute and convict Trump, he will not only face jail time, but also jail time. deprived of the right to run for re-election.
“The Committee believes that there is more than enough evidence to criminally prosecute the former President trumpet for assisting or aiding and consoling those at the Capitol who participated in a violent attack on the United States. The committee has developed substantial evidence that President Trump intends to disrupt our peaceful transition under our Constitution,” said Democratic congressman. Jamie Raskin of Maryland said.
As expected, Trump has denied the allegations and used his “True Social” platform to rage against what he sees as a conspiracy to prevent him from running for office. The White House in 2024.
“People understood that the Democratic Bureau of Investigation, the DBI, stopped me from running for president because they knew I was going to win and the whole business of prosecuting me was like impeachment – a partisan attempt to defraud me. out of the way. and Republican Party,” he wrote.
The former President and his most ardent supporters believe the charges will only boost his 2024 campaign, which has been marred by battles between the Republican Party and parts of the Republican Party. Republic wait and see if he will destroy himself or be put down by the countless challenges he faces.
Capitalizing assertions that “I DO NOT DO WRONG” and “What doesn’t kill me makes me stronger,” the former president said Monday, “These people don’t understand that when they come after me, the freedom-loving people gather around me. It strengthens me.” He also raged against a “two-tier justice system” that failed to address “the vast amount of crimes committed by both sides”. Joe and Biden Hunter” has been “recorded and 100 percent certain.”
However, Trump’s troubles are far from over. Another congressional committee is expected to release Trump’s tax returns later this week in an effort to expose his sketchy financial dealings. The Jan. 6 committee, which released only a 160-page executive summary on Monday, is also swarming with documents, including nearly 1,200 transcripts of witness interviews showing his efforts to spoil the process of peaceful transfer of power in detail.
In one such excerpt shown on Monday, former Trump aide hope hicks recounted how the then-President ignored concerns from surrounding advisers that his fraudulent claims in the 2020 presidential election could damage his legacy.
Hicks told the January 6 panel: “I am increasingly concerned that we are damaging his legacy. In response, she said, Trump “did say something like, ‘No one will care about my legacy if I lose, so it won’t matter. The only thing that matters is victory.’”
