Jan. 6 committee votes unanimously to refer Donald Trump to DOJ for criminal charges

The House committee investigating the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 voted unanimously to refer former president Donald Trump to the Department of Justice for possible prosecution.

Speaking at the final public meeting of the committee on Monday, Rep. Jamie Raskin unveiled a criminal referral for the former president, citing evidence the committee contends merits prosecution.

Among the crimes the panel cited are: obstruction of an official proceeding, aiding in an insurrection and conspiracy to defraud the United States.

Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., said Trump “broke the faith” that people have when casting their ballots. “He lost the 2020 election and knew it,” he said. “But he chose to try to stay in office through a multi-part scheme to overturn the results and block the transfer of power.”

“We have every confidence that the work of this committee will help provide a road map to justice,” he added.

The referral has mostly symbolic import, and it will ultimately be up to the Justice Department, which has been conducting its own investigation, to decide what charges if any to bring.

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[colinmcdonell]

WHO CARES ! THESE PEOPLE NEED TO WORRY ABOUT INFLATION AND HOMELESS AMERICANS

[lauriemillar]

If January 6 was an insurrection what is the Southern Border a garden party?

[themedialies]

Global still begging Trudeau for money?

[moogachoogie]

Why is this still a thing? Such hypocrisy from these people it's insane.

[lastChang]

Democracy works!
Can Chinese🇨🇳 Xi Jinping's family be investigated for their vast wealth?

[callers]

Imagine sitting with Cheneys daughter thinking you are on the correct side…

[Sabagegah]

Lots of bots in this comments section.

[derek]

You mean a panel full of democrats that spent 7 years saying he belonged in prison are saying he belongs in prison? YA DON'T SAY

[grandcentral]

They're all Democrats and yes, I know Liz Cheney is at the table.

[fraudalert]

I CAN TELL YOU THE TRUTH, TRUMP IS NOT AFRAID. LOL

[Resin]

Imagine still thinking this a thing after twitter files dropped showing how badly people were censored and controlled..

[nosnibormailliw]

I'm just waiting for the memes, here we go again, Russia Collusion 2.0

[trkdigital]

theyre legends in their own beleive they held straight faces when doing htis

[shanti]

Didn’t like Trump, but this is just a partisan affair that will ultimately benefit the GOP!

[Joyce-cgqs]

criminals are these people in J6 committee

[smokeyrebel]

January 6th is a special committee and doesn't have criminal referral powers

[johnsebar]

golly there wouldn't be any Dems in the committee by chance. Why bother with all the chatting just convict him now. Sort of like the Russian business which came to nothing.

[RyanAB]

Axis’s latest attempt at attacking the allies

[raynwolfsbane]

Have some copium Trumpets. This is just the beginning of his downfall LOL

[heynowls]

Lock him up, lock him up, lock him up!