The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol has released its final report.
An explosion caused by a police munition is seen while supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump gather in front of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, Jan. 6, 2021.on the U.S. Capitol released its final report late Thursday night.
and others to the Justice Department for "possible prosecution under 18 U.S.C. 2383, including for assisting and providing aid and comfort to an insurrection," as described in the report. In addition, nearly 300 state legislators from battleground states reportedly participated in a private briefing with Trump, attorneys Rudy Giuliani and John Eastman, and others, on Jan. 2, in which Trump reportedly urged them to exercise what he called "the real power" to choose electoral votes before Jan. 6, because, said Trump on the call, "I don't think the country is going to take it," the report said.
The report also said that after Trump, speaking to supporters on the Ellipse, called on the crowd to "take back our country" and "walk down Pennsylvania Avenue," the Secret Service deployed a last-minute response team "to filter in with the crowds" in the event that the president made his way to the Capitol, and to establish an emergency plan "if things go south.
The summary of the report presented the committee's conclusions as 17 findings, including that Trump knew his actions "would be illegal" when he pressured then-Vice President Mike Pence to "refuse to count electoral votes"; that Trump "unlawfully" pressured state officials and legislatures to overturn the election; that he "oversaw an effort to obtain and transmit false electoral certificates to Congress and the National Archives"; and that he never...
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