Jan. 6 panel wraps work with 'roadmap to justice' for Trump

Thank you. Mr. Chairman. And I wanna thank you for your extraordinary leadership of this committee generations to come, will praise you and the Vice chair for your unswerving devotion to the rule of law. Several months ago you tasked several of our members in the subcommittee with bringing recommendations to the full Committee about potential referrals to the Department of Justice and other authorities based on evidence of criminal and civil offenses that has come to our attention over the course of our investigation. We are now prepared to share those recommendations today. Mr Chairman, let me begin with some relevant background considerations to our criminal referrals. The dangerous assault on american constitutional democracy that took place on january 6th 2021 consists of hundreds of individual criminal offenses. Most such crimes are already being prosecuted by the Department of Justice. We proposed to the committee advancing referrals where the gravity of the specific offense, the severity of its actual harm and the centrality of the offender to the overall design of the unlawful scheme. To overthrow the election, compel us to speak. Ours is not *** system of justice where foot soldiers go to jail and the masterminds and ringleaders get *** free pass. Mr. Chairman, as you know, our committee had the opportunity last spring to present much of our evidence to *** federal judge, something that distinguishes our investigation from any other congressional investigation. I can recall in the context of resolving evidentiary privilege, issues related to the crime, fraud doctrine in the Eastman case. U. S. District Court Judge David carter examined just *** small subset of our evidence to determine whether it showed the likely commission of *** federal offense. The judge concluded that both former President Donald trump and john Eastman likely violated two federal criminal statutes. This is the starting point for our analysis today. The first criminal statute we invoke for referral, therefore, is title 18 section 15 12 C, which makes it unlawful for anyone to corruptly obstruct influence or impede any official proceeding of the United States government. We believe that the evidence described by my colleagues today and assembled throughout our hearings, warrants *** criminal referral of former President Donald J trump john Eastman and others for violations of this statute. The whole purpose and obvious effect of trump's scheme were to obstruct influence and impede this official proceeding. The central moment for the lawful transfer of power in the United States. Second, we believe that there is more than sufficient evidence to refer former President Donald J. Trump john Eastman and others for violating Title 18 section 3 71. This statute makes it *** crime to conspire to defraud the United States, in other words to make an agreement to impair obstruct or defeat the lawful functions of the United States government by deceitful or dishonest means former president trump did not engage in *** plan to defraud the United States acting alone. He entered into agreements, formal and informal with several other individuals who assisted him with his criminal objectives. Our report describes in detail the actions of numerous co conspirators who agreed with and participated in trump's plan to impair obstruct and defeat the certification of President biden's electoral victory. That said, the subcommittee does not attempt to determine all of the potential participants in this conspiracy. As our understanding of the role of many individuals may be incomplete even today because they refuse to answer our questions. We trust that the Department of Justice will be able to form *** far more complete picture through its own investigation. Third, we make *** referral based on title 18, Section 1001, which makes it unlawful to knowingly and willfully make materially false statements to the federal government. The evidence clearly suggests that president trump conspired with others to submit slates of fake electors to Congress and the Nationals Archives. We believe that this evidence we set forth in our report is more than sufficient for *** criminal referral of former President Donald J. Trump and others in connection with this offense as before. We don't try to determine all of the participants in this conspiracy, many of whom refused to answer our questions while under we trust that the Department of Justice will be able to form *** more complete picture through its own investigation. The fourth and final statute we invoke for referral is title 18 section 23 83. The statute applies to anyone who incites, assists or engages an insurrection against the United States of America and anyone who gives aid or comfort to an insurrection. An insurrection is *** rebellion against the authority of the United States. It is *** grave federal offense anchored in the constitution itself, which repeatedly opposes insurrections and domestic violence and indeed uses participation in insurrection by officeholders as automatic grounds for disqualification from ever holding public office again. At the federal or state level, anyone who incites others to engage in rebelling, assist them in doing so or gives aid and comfort to those engaged in insurrection is guilty of *** federal crime. The committee believes that more than sufficient evidence exists for *** criminal referral of former president trump for assisting or aiding and comforting those at the capitol who engaged in *** violent attack on the United States. The committee has developed significant evidence that President trump intended to disrupt the peaceful transfer transition of power Under our constitution. The president has an affirmative and primary constitutional duty to act to take care that the laws be faithfully executed. Nothing could be *** greater betrayal of this duty than to assist an insurrection against the constitutional order. The complete factual basis for this referral is set forth in detail throughout our report. These are not the only statutes that are potentially relevant to President Trump's conduct related to the 2020 election, depending on evidence developed by the Department of Justice. The president's actions could certainly trigger other criminal violations nor our president Trump and his immediate team. The only people identified for referrals in our report. As part of our investigation, We asked multiple members of Congress to speak with us about issues critical to our understanding of this attack on the 2020 election and our system of constitutional democracy. None agreed to provide that essential information. As *** result, we took the significant step of issuing them subpoenas based on the volume of information particular members possessed about one or more parts of President Trump's plans to overturn the election.

The House Jan. 6 committee urged the Justice Department on Monday to bring criminal charges against Donald Trump for the violent 2021 Capitol insurrection, calling for accountability for the former president and 바카라 게임 웹사이트�a time of reflection and reckoning.바카라 게임 웹사이트� As they cap one of the most exhaustive and aggressive congressional probes in memory, the panel바카라 게임 웹사이트�s seven Democrats and two Republicans are recommending criminal charges against Trump and associates who helped him launch a multifaceted pressure campaign to try to overturn his 2020 election loss. Video above: Jan. 6 Committee unveils criminal referrals against Donald Trump, othersAt a final meeting Monday, the committee alleged violations of four criminal statutes by Trump, in both the run-up to the riot and during the insurrection itself, as it recommended the former president for prosecution to the Justice Department. Among the charges they recommend for prosecution is aiding an insurrection 바카라 게임 웹사이트� an effort to hold him directly accountable for his supporters who stormed the Capitol that day.The committee also voted to refer conservative lawyer John Eastman, who devised dubious legal maneuvers aimed at keeping Trump in power, for prosecution on two of the same statutes as Trump: conspiracy to defraud the United States and obstructing an official proceeding.While a criminal referral is mostly symbolic, with the Justice Department ultimately deciding whether to prosecute Trump or others, it is a decisive end to a probe that had an almost singular focus from the start.Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., said Trump 바카라 게임 웹사이트�broke the faith바카라 게임 웹사이트� that people have when they cast ballots in a democracy and that the criminal referrals could provide a 바카라 게임 웹사이트�roadmap to justice" by using the committee's work.바카라 게임 웹사이트�I believe nearly two years later, this is still a time of reflection and reckoning,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Thompson said. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�If we are to survive as a nation of laws and democracy, this can never happen again.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Read the executive summary of the Jan. 6 committee's final report here. Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, the panel바카라 게임 웹사이트�s Republican vice chairwoman, said in opening remarks that every president in American history has defended the orderly transfer of power, "except one."The committee also voted 9-0 to approve its final report, which will include findings, interview transcripts and legislative recommendations. The report is expected to be released in full Wednesday.The report바카라 게임 웹사이트�s 154-page summary, made public as the hearing ended, found that Trump engaged in a 바카라 게임 웹사이트�multi-part conspiracy바카라 게임 웹사이트� to overturn the election. While the majority of the report바카라 게임 웹사이트�s main findings are not new, it altogether represents one of the most damning portraits of an American president in recent history, laying out in great detail Trump바카라 게임 웹사이트�s broad effort to overturn his own defeat and what the lawmakers say is his direct responsibility for the insurrection of his supporters.The panel, which will dissolve on Jan. 3 with the new Republican-led House, has conducted more than 1,000 interviews, held 10 well-watched public hearings and collected more than a million documents since it launched in July 2021. As it has gathered the massive trove of evidence, the members have become emboldened in declaring that Trump, a Republican, is to blame for the violent attack on the Capitol by his supporters almost two years ago.After beating their way past police, injuring many of them, the Jan. 6 rioters stormed the Capitol and interrupted the certification of Democrat Joe Biden바카라 게임 웹사이트�s presidential election win, echoing Trump's lies about widespread election fraud and sending lawmakers and others running for their lives.The attack came after weeks of Trump바카라 게임 웹사이트�s efforts to overturn his defeat 바카라 게임 웹사이트� a campaign that was extensively detailed by the committee in its multiple public hearings, and laid out again by lawmakers on the panel on Monday. Many of Trump바카라 게임 웹사이트�s former aides testified about his unprecedented pressure on states, on federal officials and on Vice President Mike Pence to find a way to thwart the popular will. The committee has also described in great detail how Trump riled up the crowd at a rally that morning and then did little to stop his supporters for several hours as he watched the violence unfold on television.Video below: Jan . 6 Committee plays video recapping key moment in testimonyWarning: The above video may be graphic in nature. Viewer discretion is advised. The panel aired some new evidence at the meeting, including a recent interview with longtime Trump aide Hope Hicks. Describing a conversation she had with Trump around that time, she said he told her that no one would care about his legacy if he lost the election.Hicks told the committee that Trump told her, "The only thing that matters is winning."Trump바카라 게임 웹사이트�s campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment, but the former president slammed members of the committee Sunday as 바카라 게임 웹사이트�thugs and scoundrels바카라 게임 웹사이트� as he has continued to falsely dispute his 2020 loss.While a so-called criminal referral has no real legal standing, it is a forceful statement by the committee and adds to political pressure already on Attorney General Merrick Garland and special counsel Jack Smith, who is conducting an investigation into Jan. 6 and Trump바카라 게임 웹사이트�s actions. On the recommendation to charge Trump on aiding an insurrection, the committee said in the report's summary that the former president 바카라 게임 웹사이트�was directly responsible for summoning what became a violent mob바카라 게임 웹사이트� and refused repeated entreaties from his aides to condemn the rioters or to encourage them to leave.For obstructing an official proceeding, the committee cites Trump바카라 게임 웹사이트�s relentless badgering of Pence and others to prevent the certification of the election results on Jan. 6. And his repeated lies about the election and efforts to undo the results open him up to a charge of conspiracy to defraud the United States, the panel said.The final charge recommended by the panel is conspiracy to make a false statement, citing the scheme by Trump and his allies to put forward slates of fake electors in battleground states won by President Joe Biden.Among the other charges contemplated, but not approved, by the committee was seditious conspiracy, the same allegation Justice Department prosecutors have used to target a subset of rioters belonging to far-right groups like the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys.Thompson said after the hearing that the seditious conspiracy charge is 바카라 게임 웹사이트�something that the committee didn바카라 게임 웹사이트�t come to agreement on.바카라 게임 웹사이트�The panel was formed in the summer of 2021 after Senate Republicans blocked the formation of what would have been a bipartisan, independent commission to investigate the insurrection. When that effort failed, the Democratic-controlled House formed an investigative committee of its own.House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy of California, a Trump ally, decided not to participate after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi rejected some of his appointments. That left an opening for two anti-Trump Republicans in the House 바카라 게임 웹사이트� Cheney and Adam Kinzinger of Illinois 바카라 게임 웹사이트� to join seven Democrats, launching an unusually unified panel in the divided Congress.McCarthy was one of four House Republicans who ignored congressional subpoenas from the panel and were referred to the House Ethics Committee on Monday for their non-compliance.The Republican leader, who is hoping to become speaker of the House when his party takes the majority in January, has acknowledged he spoke with Trump on Jan. 6. The committee also referred Reps. Jim Jordan of Ohio, Scott Perry of Pennsylvania and Andy Biggs of Arizona, all of whom were in touch with Trump or the White House in the weeks leading up to the attack.While the committee바카라 게임 웹사이트�s mission was to take a comprehensive accounting of the insurrection and educate the public about what happened, they've also aimed their work at an audience of one: the attorney general. Lawmakers on the panel have openly pressured Garland to investigate Trump바카라 게임 웹사이트�s actions, and last month he appointed a special counsel, Smith, to oversee two probes related to Trump, including those related to the insurrection and the presence of classified documents at Trump's Florida estate.The committee members said that full accountability can only be found in the criminal justice system.바카라 게임 웹사이트�No one should get a pass,바카라 게임 웹사이트� said Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif.___Associated Press writers Lisa Mascaro, Jill Colvin and Kevin Freking contributed to this report.

WASHINGTON —

As they cap one of the most exhaustive and aggressive congressional probes in memory, the panel바카라 게임 웹사이트�s seven Democrats and two Republicans are recommending criminal charges against Trump and associates who helped him launch a multifaceted to try to overturn his 2020 election loss.

Video above: Jan. 6 Committee unveils criminal referrals against Donald Trump, others

At a final meeting Monday, the committee alleged violations of four criminal statutes by Trump, in both the run-up to the riot and during the insurrection itself, as it recommended the former president for prosecution to the Justice Department. Among the charges they recommend for prosecution is aiding an insurrection 바카라 게임 웹사이트� an effort to hold him directly accountable for his supporters who stormed the Capitol that day.

The committee also voted to refer conservative lawyer John Eastman, who devised dubious legal maneuvers aimed at keeping Trump in power, for prosecution on two of the same statutes as Trump: conspiracy to defraud the United States and obstructing an official proceeding.

While a criminal referral is mostly symbolic, with the Justice Department ultimately deciding whether to prosecute Trump or others, it is a decisive end to a probe that had an almost singular focus from the start.

Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., said Trump 바카라 게임 웹사이트�broke the faith바카라 게임 웹사이트� that people have when they cast ballots in a democracy and that the criminal referrals could provide a 바카라 게임 웹사이트�roadmap to justice" by using the committee's work.

바카라 게임 웹사이트�I believe nearly two years later, this is still a time of reflection and reckoning,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Thompson said. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�If we are to survive as a nation of laws and democracy, this can never happen again.바카라 게임 웹사이트�

Read the executive summary of the Jan. 6 committee's final report .

Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, the panel바카라 게임 웹사이트�s Republican vice chairwoman, said in opening remarks that every president in American history has defended the orderly transfer of power, "except one."

The committee also voted 9-0 to approve its final report, which will include findings, interview transcripts and legislative recommendations. The report is expected to be released in full Wednesday.

The report바카라 게임 웹사이트�s 154-page summary, made public as the hearing ended, found that Trump engaged in a 바카라 게임 웹사이트�multi-part conspiracy바카라 게임 웹사이트� to overturn the election. While the majority of the report바카라 게임 웹사이트�s main findings are not new, it altogether represents one of the most damning portraits of an American president in recent history, laying out in great detail Trump바카라 게임 웹사이트�s broad effort to overturn his own defeat and what the lawmakers say is his direct responsibility for the insurrection of his supporters.

, which will dissolve on Jan. 3 with the new Republican-led House, has conducted more than 1,000 interviews, held 10 well-watched public hearings and collected more than a million documents since it launched in July 2021. As it has gathered the massive trove of evidence, the members have become emboldened in declaring that Trump, a Republican, is to blame for the violent attack on the Capitol by his supporters almost two years ago.

After beating their way past police, injuring many of them, the Jan. 6 rioters and interrupted the certification of Democrat Joe Biden바카라 게임 웹사이트�s presidential election win, echoing about widespread and sending lawmakers and others running for their lives.

The attack came after weeks of Trump바카라 게임 웹사이트�s efforts to overturn his defeat 바카라 게임 웹사이트� a campaign that was extensively detailed by the committee in its multiple public hearings, and laid out again by lawmakers on the panel on Monday. Many of Trump바카라 게임 웹사이트�s former aides testified about his unprecedented pressure on states, on federal officials and on Vice President Mike Pence to find a way to thwart the popular will. The committee has also described in great detail how Trump riled up the crowd at a rally that morning and then did little to stop his supporters for several hours as he watched the violence unfold on television.

Video below: Jan . 6 Committee plays video recapping key moment in testimony

Warning: The above video may be graphic in nature. Viewer discretion is advised.

The panel aired some new evidence at the meeting, including a recent interview with longtime Trump aide Hope Hicks. Describing a conversation she had with Trump around that time, she said he told her that no one would care about his legacy if he lost the election.

Hicks told the committee that Trump told her, "The only thing that matters is winning."

Trump바카라 게임 웹사이트�s campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment, but the former president slammed members of the committee Sunday as 바카라 게임 웹사이트�thugs and scoundrels바카라 게임 웹사이트� as he has continued to falsely dispute his 2020 loss.

While a so-called criminal referral has no real legal standing, it is a forceful statement by the committee and adds to political pressure already on Attorney General Merrick Garland and special counsel , who is conducting into Jan. 6 and Trump바카라 게임 웹사이트�s actions.

On the recommendation to charge Trump on aiding an insurrection, the committee said in the report's summary that the former president 바카라 게임 웹사이트�was directly responsible for summoning what became a violent mob바카라 게임 웹사이트� and refused repeated entreaties from his aides to condemn the rioters or to encourage them to leave.

For obstructing an official proceeding, the committee cites Trump바카라 게임 웹사이트�s relentless badgering of Pence and others to prevent the certification of the election results on Jan. 6. And his repeated lies about the election and efforts to undo the results open him up to a charge of conspiracy to defraud the United States, the panel said.

The final charge recommended by the panel is conspiracy to make a false statement, citing the scheme by Trump and his allies to put forward slates of fake electors in battleground states won by President Joe Biden.

Among the other charges contemplated, but not approved, by the committee was seditious conspiracy, the same allegation Justice Department prosecutors have used to target a subset of rioters belonging to far-right groups like the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys.

Thompson said after the hearing that the seditious conspiracy charge is 바카라 게임 웹사이트�something that the committee didn바카라 게임 웹사이트�t come to agreement on.바카라 게임 웹사이트�

The panel was formed in the summer of 2021 after Senate Republicans blocked the formation of what would have been a bipartisan, independent commission to investigate the insurrection. When that effort failed, the Democratic-controlled House formed an investigative committee of its own.

House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy of California, a Trump ally, decided not to participate after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi rejected some of his appointments. That left an opening for two anti-Trump Republicans in the House 바카라 게임 웹사이트� Cheney and Adam Kinzinger of Illinois 바카라 게임 웹사이트� to join seven Democrats, launching an unusually unified panel in the divided Congress.

McCarthy was one of four House Republicans who ignored congressional subpoenas from the panel and were referred to the House Ethics Committee on Monday for their non-compliance.

The Republican leader, who is hoping to become speaker of the House when his party takes the majority in January, has acknowledged he spoke with Trump on Jan. 6. The committee also referred Reps. Jim Jordan of Ohio, Scott Perry of Pennsylvania and Andy Biggs of Arizona, all of whom were in touch with Trump or the White House in the weeks leading up to the attack.

While the committee바카라 게임 웹사이트�s mission was to take a comprehensive accounting of the insurrection and educate the public about what happened, they've also aimed their work at an audience of one: the attorney general. Lawmakers on the panel have openly pressured Garland to investigate Trump바카라 게임 웹사이트�s actions, and last month he appointed a special counsel, Smith, to oversee two probes related to Trump, including those related to the insurrection and the presence of classified documents at Trump's Florida estate.

The committee members said that full accountability can only be found in the criminal justice system.

바카라 게임 웹사이트�No one should get a pass,바카라 게임 웹사이트� said Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif.

___

Associated Press writers Lisa Mascaro, Jill Colvin and Kevin Freking contributed to this report.

Jan. 6 panel wraps work with 'roadmap to justice' for Trump

Share

Share

Share

Top Picks