The commission investigating the attack on the US Capitol accused former President Donald Trump on Monday of several crimes, including incitement to insurrection, conspiracy to commit fraud and obstruction of an act of Congress, referring the process to the Department of Justice.
In a final meeting this afternoon after 18 months of work, the committee’s seven Democrats and two Republicans recommended criminal charges against Trump and associates who helped him launch a multi-pronged campaign to try to stall the 2020 election.
Closing one of the most extensive congressional investigations in US history, the commission concluded that Donald Trump sought to subvert the transfer of presidential power to Joe Biden, first by lobbying allies at all levels of government and then with the help of a violent mob. .
Donald Trump “lost the 2020 election and he knew it, but he chose to try to stay in power,” Democrat Bennie Thompson, the commission’s chief, said at the opening of the meeting, which was followed by a video showing many of the key moments of the investigation, such as images of violence inside the Capitol on January 6, 2021.
“We have every confidence that the work of this commission will help provide a model for justice,” Thompson added.
Source: TSF
