The Jan. 6 House select committee will vote next week whether to recommend the Justice Department prosecute Former President Donald Trump on at least three charges for his actions revealed in the p…
The panel has scheduled a Monday business meeting, at which it will release the executive summary and parts of its final report on the violence by Trump supporters that interrupted congressional certification of the 2020 election result.
The report, according to Politico, proposes that Trump, 76, be charged with insurrection, obstruction of an official proceeding and conspiracy to defraud the United States government. It is not clear whether additional charges against the former president will be considered or whether other Trump allies will also be referred to the DOJ for potential prosecution.
“We have made decisions that criminal referrals will happen,” Select Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson Donald Trump, seen at his rally before the Capitol riot, could face up to 35 years in prison if he is convicted of the three crimes.
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