The committee investigating the Capitol riot has enough evidence for the Justice Department to consider an unprecedented criminal indictment against former President Donald Trump.
said Sunday they have uncovered enough evidence for the Justice Department to consider an unprecedented criminal indictment against former President Donald Trump for seeking to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
The committee launched its public hearings last week, with members laying out their case against Trump to show how the defeated president relentlessly pushed his false claims of a rigged election despite multiple advisers telling him otherwise and how he intensified an extraordinary scheme to overturn Joe Biden’s victory.
The panel will also focus on the millions of dollars Trump’s team brought in fundraising in the run-up to January 6, according to a committee aide who insisted on anonymity to discuss the details. “We’re not going to make accusations or say things without proof or evidence backing it,” said Representative Adam Kinzinger.
Representative Jamie Raskin said he doesn’t intend to “browbeat” Garland but noted the committee has already laid out in legal pleadings criminal statutes they believe Trump violated.
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