BREAKING: House Jan. 6 committee announces it is sending criminal referrals regarding former Pres. Trump and others to the DOJ.
Attorney John Eastman was named with Trump as among those the committee is recommending for criminal charges to the Justice Department. Members described how Trump turned to Eastman as other allies asked for him to accept the election loss.for then-Vice President Mike Pence to reject legitimate electors during the certification of the election on Jan. 6, even though Eastman admitted in advance that Pence could not lawfully do so.President Donald Trump speaks at a rally, Jan.
Soon after, Eastman emailed Rudy Giuliani to say,"I've decided that I should be on the pardon list, if that is still in the works," according to evidence obtained by the committee.Email this article The members being referred, according to the executive summary of the committee's report, are House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy and GOP Reps. Jim Jordan, Scott Perry and Andy Biggs.
"We understand the gravity of each and every referral we are making today, just as we understand the magnitude of the crime against democracy that we describe in our report -- but we have gone where the facts in the law lead us, and inescapably, they lead us here," Raskin said.House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol holds its last public hearing, December 19, 2022 in Washington, DC.
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