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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