The Democrat-led panel has urged the Justice Department to prosecute the ex-president for “insurrection”
Congressional committee investigating January 6 Capitol Riot holds public hearing on December 19, 2022 © Getty Images via AFP / Chip Somodevilla
The Democrat-led January 6 committee agreed on Monday to make criminal referrals against former President Donald Trump. The panel recommended that Trump be charged with defrauding the US, making false statements, and inciting an “insurrection” on Capitol Hill last January.
The committee, made up of five Democratic members of Congress and two Republican opponents of the former president, voted unanimously to adopt a report recommending the charges.
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