The Jan. 6 committee will take up criminal referrals against Donald Trump : NPR
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The House Selection Committee January 6 will bring criminal proposals against former President Donald Trump on at least two counts: obstructing the formal process of Congress and conspiring to defraud the United States, according to a source familiar with the discussions. committee but are not authorized to speak publicly about the plans.
The nominees will be voted on on Monday, during what is likely to be the council’s last public meeting before it ends at the end of the month.
The referrals will come in the form of a letter from the commission sent to the Department of Justice to bring the prosecution case. Referrals do not carry any legal weight or force the Department of Justice to act.
The recommendations are part of a larger list of recommendations from the committee’s attorney subgroup, led by Representative Jamie Raskin, D-Md. Other members include Democrats Zoe Lofgren and Adam Schiff of California and Republican Representative Liz Cheney of Wyoming. The sub-panel was created in October to address crime referrals and other recommendations.
Monday’s meeting ended a nearly two-year investigation into what led to violent attack on the US Capitol on January 6, 2021 when a mob of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol to prevent Congress from confirming the results of the 2020 presidential election that Joe Biden won.
The committee’s final report, which Chairman Bennie Thompson previously told NPR could be about 1,000 pages long, could be released as soon as Monday. The report’s appendices and transcripts of more than 1,000 witness interviews are expected to be released on Wednesday.
In addition to criminal referrals, panels may make other types of referrals — to the Federal Election Commission, the House Ethics Committee, and bar associations to discipline attorneys.
The Justice Department is conducting its own extensive investigation into the events of January 6 with a special advisor.