While the majority of the report’s main findings are not new, it altogether represents one of the most damning portraits of an American president in recent history. The report’s 154-page summary, made public as the hearing ended, found that Trump engaged in a “multi-part conspiracy” to overturn the election, purposely disseminating false allegations of voter fraud, pressuring Congress, the Justice Department and his vice president to join his efforts to subvert the results so that he could stay in power and then refusing for hours to tell his supporters to leave the Capitol on Jan.
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The report is expected to be released in full Wednesday. The committee also voted 9-0 to approve its final report, which will include findings, interview transcripts and legislative recommendations.
"He is unfit for any office," Cheney added. Liz Cheney, the panel’s Republican vice chairwoman, said in opening remarks that every president in American history has defended the orderly transfer of power, “except one.” ‘Heroes' Who Defended Capitol From Trump Mob on Jan. Capitol insurrection, with lawmakers on Monday declaring that they have assembled a “roadmap to justice” to bring criminal charges against Trump and his "co-conspirators." 6 committee is wrapping up its investigation of the violent 2021 U.S. While a criminal referral is mostly symbolic, with the Justice Department ultimately deciding whether to prosecute Trump or others, it is a decisive end to a probe that had an almost singular focus from the start. The charges recommended by the committee are conspiracy to defraud the United States, obstruction of an official proceeding of Congress, conspiracy to make a false statement and insurrection. The committee alleged violations of four criminal statutes by Trump, in both the run-up to the riot and during the insurrection itself, as it recommended the former president for prosecution to the Justice Department.
The House committee investigating the Capitol riot said there's "more than sufficient evidence" for criminal referrals against former President Donald Trump, his attorney John Eastman and others for their role in trying to overturn the 2020 election results.
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