Jan. 6 panel hands Trump a criminal-referral package that won’t go away
The House Jan. 6 committee’s final public meeting on December 19 kept driving the news cycle on December 20, as lawmakers formally recommended criminal referrals for Donald Trump and sharply widened the case that his effort to stay in power crossed into criminal conduct. The referrals underscored that the committee was not treating the attack on the Capitol as just another bad Trump moment, but as a coordinated attempt to obstruct Congress, defraud the public, and pressure officials into reversing an election Trump lost.
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Jan. 6 panel hands Trump a criminal-referral package that won’t go away
The House Jan. 6 committee’s final public meeting on December 19 kept driving the news cycle on December 20, as lawmakers formally recommended criminal referrals for Donald Trump and sharply widened the case that his effort to stay in power crossed into criminal conduct. The referrals underscored that the committee was not treating the attack on the Capitol as just another bad Trump moment, but as a coordinated attempt to obstruct Congress, defraud the public, and pressure officials into revers…
The House Jan. 6 committee’s final public meeting on December 19 kept driving the news cycle on December 20, as lawmakers formally recommended criminal referrals for Donald Trump and sharply widened the case that his effort to stay in power crossed into criminal conduct. The referrals underscored that the committee was not treating the attack on the Capitol as just another bad Trump moment, but as a coordinated atte…
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