WASHINGTON – The House select committee investigating last 12 months’s Capitol riot will vote next week to recommend the Justice Department pursue no less than three criminal charges against former President Donald Trump over his actions in reference to the events of Jan. 6, 2021, Politico reported Friday.
The panel has scheduled a Monday business meeting, at which it would release the manager summary and parts of its final report on the violence by Trump supporters that interrupted congressional certification of the 2020 election result.
The report, in response to Politico, proposes that Trump, 76, be charged with rebellion, obstruction of an official proceeding and conspiracy to defraud america government.
It just isn’t clear whether additional charges against the previous president will probably be considered or whether other Trump allies will even be referred to the DOJ for potential prosecution.
“We have now made decisions that criminal referrals will occur,” Select Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) told reporters Dec. 6.
Previous referrals for potential criminal charges have passed the select committee unanimously, and Monday’s vote is predicted to be no different.
If convicted of all three crimes, Trump could withstand 35 years in prison and greater than $500,000 in fines.
Riot carries a possible sentence of as much as 10 years in prison and a $10,000 high quality; obstruction carries as much as 20 years in prison and a $250,000 high quality; and conspiracy convictions call for as much as 5 years in prison and a $250,000 high quality.
The vote will probably be largely symbolic, for the reason that committee doesn’t have the ability to file charges and the Justice Department is already carrying out an investigation into Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election results.
That probe is being led by special counsel Jack Smith, who was appointed to the post last month by Attorney General Merrick Garland days after Trump announced he would seek to regain the White House in 2024.
WASHINGTON – The House select committee investigating last 12 months’s Capitol riot will vote next week to recommend the Justice Department pursue no less than three criminal charges against former President Donald Trump over his actions in reference to the events of Jan. 6, 2021, Politico reported Friday.
The panel has scheduled a Monday business meeting, at which it would release the manager summary and parts of its final report on the violence by Trump supporters that interrupted congressional certification of the 2020 election result.
The report, in response to Politico, proposes that Trump, 76, be charged with rebellion, obstruction of an official proceeding and conspiracy to defraud america government.
It just isn’t clear whether additional charges against the previous president will probably be considered or whether other Trump allies will even be referred to the DOJ for potential prosecution.
“We have now made decisions that criminal referrals will occur,” Select Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) told reporters Dec. 6.
Previous referrals for potential criminal charges have passed the select committee unanimously, and Monday’s vote is predicted to be no different.
If convicted of all three crimes, Trump could withstand 35 years in prison and greater than $500,000 in fines.
Riot carries a possible sentence of as much as 10 years in prison and a $10,000 high quality; obstruction carries as much as 20 years in prison and a $250,000 high quality; and conspiracy convictions call for as much as 5 years in prison and a $250,000 high quality.
The vote will probably be largely symbolic, for the reason that committee doesn’t have the ability to file charges and the Justice Department is already carrying out an investigation into Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election results.
That probe is being led by special counsel Jack Smith, who was appointed to the post last month by Attorney General Merrick Garland days after Trump announced he would seek to regain the White House in 2024.
