Washington: Lawmakers probing last year's attack on the US Capitol have recommended that Donald Trump be charged with several crimes, including sedition.

This recommendation raised stakes in a separate criminal investigation that could have resulted in the former president's imprisonment.

On January 6, 2021, after an 18-month investigation into the attack on Congress, a select committee of the House of Representatives called for impeachment, along with charges of conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding and to defraud the United States.

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In a failed attempt to stop President Joe Biden from taking office, a mob that was incited by Donald Trump's false claims of election theft and instructed by him to march on Congress has been blamed for at least five deaths. has been convicted.

After initial comments by Vice-Chairman Liz Cheney, in which she accused Trump of a "blatant dereliction of duty" for failing to immediately try to end the riots, she called him "unfit for any office". , the bipartisan committee voted unanimously to refer. Allegations against the Justice Department.

He said that any person who would act like this at that time is not allowed to hold any position again in our country.
The referral is seen primarily as symbolic because the Department of Justice makes all the important decisions and the panel has no authority over those decisions.

The Trump-related probe into the 2020 election is being led by Jack Smith, a special prosecutor who is largely independent and was handpicked by Attorney General Merrick Garland.

Yet the action is historic because no criminal case was ever filed against either Congress or any president. Trump's opponents will now seek to prosecute him as a result of this action.

It is also a serious blow to Trump, who has made several missteps in the weeks since he announced his re-bid for the White House, including Republicans' dismal performance in midterm elections in states where the businessman has fielded candidates. Supported.

The 76-year-old Republican, who maintains significant influence within the Republican Party, could face charges that could result in a ban from public office or even jail time.

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Committee chairman Benny Thompson said that voting in the United States is an act of faith and hope.

"The bedrock of American democracy is trust in our system. If trust is broken, so is our democracy. Donald Trump betrayed that trust."

In the eight-chapter report to be made public on Wednesday, the panel has seven Democratic and two Republican members, completing its work before the end of the year.

According to the committee's reasoning, Trump "oversaw and coordinated a sophisticated seven-part plan to subvert the presidential election and prevent the transfer of presidential power."

According to investigators, Trump's campaign, which he knew was spreading false claims about widespread election fraud, served as the catalyst for the plot.

He has been accused of trying to influence the Justice Department and cancel the election on his Vice President Mike Pence, state election officials and legislators by breaking the law and the Constitution.

Trump has also been accused of calling together a crowd in Washington, marching toward the Capitol, and doing so while knowing it was armed with assault rifles, handguns, and various other weapons.

The legislators claim that for hours, he disregarded pleas from his team to intervene to stop the violence. Trump's false allegations of fraud, according to Democratic panelist Zoe Lofgren, were part of a deliberate campaign to sow distrust in democracy that began long before the insurrection.

Lofgren alleged that a person connected to the former president had offered a witness potential employment prior to her testimony, reiterating the panel's allegation that evidence had been tampered with by Trump supporters.

According to Lofgren, a witness was also told by a Trump-affiliated lawyer that she could pretend to forget certain details while testifying.

The panel previously alleged that Trump "raised hundreds of millions of dollars with false representations made to his online donors," and Lofgren reiterated that allegation.

Trump often criticizes the House panel on his own Truth social platform, but his response to the most recent development was a puzzling post that referred to Cheney's defeat in the primary election for the midterm elections in November.

But Liz Chaney suffered a crushing 40-point defeat! In his post, Trump misspelt the congresswoman's last name.

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Mitch McConnell, the leader of the Senate's Republican party, appeared to intensify his criticism of the former president without mentioning him. McConnell is one of Trump's fiercest opponents.

He claimed in a statement that "the entire nation knows who is accountable for that day." Beyond that, I don't have any new observations to report.