Pressure on Trump with events of January 6 is increasing
2022.12.20 03:12
Pressure on Trump with events of January 6 is increasing
By Tiffany Smith
Budrigannews.com – On Monday, a committee in the United States House of Representatives asked federal prosecutors to charge former President Donald Trump with obstruction and insurrection for his role in starting the attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021.
Although the request does not have any legal effect, it may increase pressure on prosecutors to bring a criminal case against Trump and some of his allies. Additionally, the committee stated that a number of Republican lawmakers in the House ought to be investigated for their ethics.
According to the Committee, Trump probably broke this law because he knew that trying to overturn his defeat in the 2020 election would make it harder for Congress to certify Democrat Joe Biden as the winner.
Additionally, lawyers John Eastman and Kenneth Chesebro, who provided legal justification for Trump’s efforts to overturn the election, were referred by the committee to be investigated for possible violations of this law.
The council said Trump possibly violated this regulation since he arranged with others, including Eastman and previous Equity Division official Jeffrey Clark, to keep Congress from confirming the political decision results. According to the committee, lying about the election results and planning to carry out the conspiracy constitute additional evidence of guilt.
Additionally, the committee referred Eastman to the law for potential prosecution.
According to the committee, Trump submitted fake electorate slates to Congress and the National Archives in an unsuccessful effort to overturn his losses in several battleground states, which may have violated this law.
Trump may have broken the law, according to the committee, because he brought supporters to Washington and encouraged them to commit violence at a rally in front of the White House. The committee said that his refusal to condemn the violence or tell the attackers to go home also shows that he supported their actions.
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For defying a subpoena and refusing to cooperate with their investigation, the Committee also referred several Republicans to the House Ethics Committee for possible sanction. They are Representatives Jim Jordan, Scott Perry, and Andy Biggs, as well as Republican leader Kevin McCarthy.
On January 3, Republicans will assume control of the House, and they are unlikely to discipline members of their own party.
