The outgoing speaker of the US House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, thanked the Commission that investigated the attack on the Capitol for being “relentless” in “its search for the truth” and demanded “justice” after various accusations against Donald Trump.
“In painstaking detail, this executive summary documents the sinister conspiracy to subvert Congress, break the Constitution, and disrupt the peaceful transfer of power. The committee reached important conclusions on the evidence it developed, and I respect those findings,” the Democrat said. in a statement sent to the local press.
Pelosi spoke shortly after the last meeting of the commission that for 18 months investigated the attack on the US Capitol and accused former President Donald Trump of four crimes: incitement to insurrection, conspiracy to defraud, obstruction of an act of Congress and misrepresentation. , referring the case to the Department of Justice.
“Our Founding Fathers made it clear that in the United States of America, no one is above the law. This fundamental principle remains unequivocally true and justice must be served,” added Nancy Pelosi, who announced her departure from the Democratic leadership last month. of the United States Congress, after confirming that the Republicans won the race for the majority of the lower house, after the mid-term elections.
The White House press secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre, said today at a press conference that the North American President, Joe Biden, has been “very clear” about the impacts of the attack on the Capitol, confirming that “Democracy remains threatened ” in the country.
In a final meeting this afternoon, the commission’s seven Democrats and two Republicans unanimously 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.
The ‘number two’ of the commission, Republican Liz Cheney, assessed that Trump’s performance in this entire case shows that he is “unfit” to hold a new public office.
The commission’s referral carries no legal weight or requires any action by the Justice Department, which is already conducting its own investigation into Jan. 6 and the actions of Trump and his allies leading up to the attack.
However, this lengthy investigation sends a strong signal that a bipartisan congressional committee believes the former president committed crimes.
According to the US press, this is the first time in the country’s history that Congress has referred a former president to criminal proceedings.
It will be up to federal prosecutors to decide whether to press charges.
In addition to Trump, the names of four members of Congress have also been submitted to the House Ethics Committee for their alleged involvement in the entire scheme to invalidate the 2020 presidential election.
In statements to the US network NBC News, the spokesman for the representative Jim Jordan, one of the attacked congressmen, criticized the work of the commission.
“This is just another partisan and political stunt by a select committee that knowingly tampered with evidence…and failed to respond to Mr. Jordan’s numerous letters and concerns about the politicization and legitimacy of the committee’s work,” he said. Russell Dye.
On January 6, 2021, summoned by Donald Trump, thousands of Americans headed to Washington to protest the result of the presidential election, which gave victory to Joe Biden.
After running past police, injuring many officers, protesters stormed the Capitol and disrupted Biden’s victory certification, echoing Trump’s unsubstantiated allegations of widespread voter fraud and inciting lawmakers in the building to hide or flee to cover their lives.
Five people, agents and invaders, died as a result of the invasion.
Source: TSF
