Donald Trump will be ordered to give evidence into deadly US Capitol riots after 6 January committee vote | US News
The congressional committee investigating the deadly attack on the US Capitol has voted to subpoena Donald Trump.
It was a unanimous vote and the former president will now be forced to give evidence to the committee about the events of January 6, 2021 that left 5 people dead and hundreds, including many law enforcement officers, injured.
The commission said he was “required to respond to his actions”.
To this day, it has been disputed in the hearings that Mr. Trump was directly involved in the effort to overturn the results of the 2020 US election after inciting his supporters on April 1. storm the Capitol building – headquarters of US power in Washington DC.
He denied the allegations.
Police were forced to use tear gas during the riot that stunned America and the world
The panel could not bring legal charges against Mr. Trumpbut it can decide whether to refer criminals to the Department of Justice, if members so choose.
A series of hearings, which began in June of this year, attempted to determine his exact participation.
On Thursday, it was said that Mr Trump had orchestrated a multi-part plan to nullify the election results and had behaved in a way that was seen as an “incredible betrayal of his oath”. “.
The vote came as unusually new footage emerged of both Republican and Democratic lawmakers gathering in a safe spot in the Capitol building as riots raged around them.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi seen in the video told the group: “There has to be some way we can maintain the feeling that there is some security, some confidence, that the government can function.. and that you can elect the President of the United States.
“We have to finish the formalities.”
She was then stunned when an aide replied, “Apparently everyone on the floor was wearing their tear gas masks in preparation for a breach.”
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On the morning of January 6, thousands of his supporters – inspired by a violent speech he had just given near the White House in which he repeated his claim that he had been rejected for office Monday due to voter fraud – marched to the Capitol.
At the time, it was in session, overseeing congressional certification Joe Bidenwon the presidential election.
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A large group, including armed members of far-right groups such as the Proud Boys, the Oath Keepers and QAnon, broke through the barricade at the pedestrian entrance to the building’s grounds. Several people also entered the Capitol building after a mob smashed windows and forced them open.
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The hearing was told former president Trump refused to call the crowd
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Losing the November 3, 2020 Electoral College vote to a Democratic opponent, Mr. Trump began claiming the campaign was “rigged”, prompting his opponents to claim there was a conspiracy against him. back to him.
Allegations of his voting negligence were repeatedly exposed by the electoral authorities.
The former president, a Republican, has so far refused to appear before the committee, which consists of seven Democrats and two Republicans.
He can refuse a subpoena, even though he is legally bound to react positively to it.
Steve Bannon, his former assistant, was also subpoenaed but has not appeared since convicted of contempt of parliament To do that. He will be sentenced later this month and could be jailed for up to two years.
Steve Bannon (R) with Trump and son-in-law Jared Kushner at the White House
Hundreds of witnesses were interviewed by panels and more than 50 subpoenaed.
More than 900 people were charged in connection with the January 6 uprising.
Mr. Trump has vowed to pardon them if he wins a second term as President, though he has yet to officially announce he will run for re-election.
Earlier, on Thursday, the US Supreme Court rejected Mr. Trump’s plea to join the legal battle over the FBI’s search of his Florida property.
He asked the judges to overturn the lower court’s decision and allow an independent arbitrator to review the approximately 100 classified documents that had been made during the Mar-a-Lago search in January. August 8, but his request was denied.
