Jan 6 panel recommends criminal charges against Donald Trump
The January 6 House committee – investigating the attack on the US Capitol – has voted to refer criminal charges against Donald Trump to the Department of Justice. Even if the Republican is indicted, he will still be able to run for the 2024 presidential election
Former US president Donald Trump has decried the congressional committee’s recommendation of criminal charges against him.
House committee – investigating the 6 January 2021 attack on the US Capitol – voted to refer criminal charges against Trump to the Department of Justice.
hese folks don’t get it that when they come after me, people who love freedom rally around me. It strengthens me. What doesn’t kill me makes me stronger. Americans know that I pushed for 20,000 troops to prevent violence on 6 January, and that I went on television and told everyone to go home”, the former US president
The case against Donald Trump
As per the final report of the congressional committee, then US president Donald Trump instigated the attack on the US Capitol last year and provided “aid and comfort” to the rioters, reports BBC.Seven Democrats and two anti-Trump Republicans voted on Monday to refer Trump to the Justice Department, alleging that he spread “baseless claims” about voter fraud in order to upend Joe Biden’s 2020 presidential election victory.
What is a criminal referral?
The committee, which will cease to exist on January 3 as Republicans take over the House majority, has voted in favour of a historic criminal referral against Trump.A referral is a recommendation to the Justice Department to probe and consider charging the individuals in question,
