The members of the US Congress who make it up – seven Democrats and two Republicans – will hold a public hearing at 13.00 local time (20.00 Greek time) to present the eight concluding chapters of the investigation into the events of January 6, 2021.
It is the culmination of 18 months of investigation and explosive revelations: the parliamentary committee of inquiry into attack on the Capitol delivers its opinion today and will vote whether or not to recommend the criminal prosecution of Donald Trump and persons in his circle.
The members of the US Congress who make it up – seven Democrats and two Republicans – will hold a public hearing at 13.00 local time (20.00 Greek time) to present the eight concluding chapters of the investigation into the events of January 6, 2021.
On that day the supporters of the outgoing president Donald Trumparguing like himself that in the 2020 presidential election they “stole” his victory over Joe Biden, attacked the seat of Congress in Washington, causing a huge shock wave in the US and the rest of the world.
Members of the committee will also decide whether or not to recommend that the Department of Justice file criminal charges against Donald Trump for sedition, obstruction of an official process (validating the result of the presidential election) and conspiracy against the US State.
These are three charges that carry prison terms and a ban from holding public office in the United States, at a time when Donald Trump has announced that he will enter the race for the White House in the 2024 elections.
The conclusion also concerns the role of people in Trump’s environment. The final result will be announced on December 21.
Evidence
Non-binding, the commission’s vote is largely symbolic because its members cannot themselves bring criminal charges against Trump.
This is the responsibility of the Department of Justice, which has appointed a special prosecutor to independently investigate the case of Donald Trump and decide whether or not to prosecute the former president.
“I think the evidence is here that Donald Trump has committed criminal offenses in his efforts to overturn the presidential election,” House Rep. Adam Schiff, a Democrat and member of the investigative committee, told CNN yesterday. who did not want to give details of the indictments on which there will be a vote.
“But I am in a position to say that the president has violated many criminal laws. And I believe that he should be treated like any other American who has broken the law, that is, he should be prosecuted,” he said.
Donald Trump has repeatedly lashed out from his Truth Social platform against the possible motion of the investigative committee, which he calls “Democrats, scum, bums” in his famous style.
Trump defends the speech he gave that day on January 6, 2021, and the rest of his actions as “moderate and loving.”
That day he had called on his followers to “fight like devils”.
Pressures
Tasked with clarifying the events and actions of Trump before and during January 6, 2021, members of the committee have for 18 months collected thousands of testimonies to prove that Donald Trump attempted to retain power while knowing that he had been defeated .
Donald Trump was at the heart of “an attempted coup,” said Benny Thompson, chairman of the so-called “January 6 Commission.”
During a series of meetings, the committee confirmed that it was impossible for Donald Trump not to know that he had lost the election.
His own attorney general, a number of advisers, even his daughter Ivanka… in their on-camera testimony, many members of Trump’s circle said they did not believe his “election fraud” theories.
In his bid to nullify the presidential election, Donald Trump has put pressure on his vice president, Mike Pence, and election officials, particularly in Georgia and Arizona. The commission of inquiry revealed the extent of the bullying by calling many of them to testify in person.
And according to former White House aide, Ms Cassidy Hutchinsonthe president knew that among the crowd gathered a few steps from the White House, some protesters were armed and potentially dangerous.
According to the young woman’s explosive testimony, Trump nevertheless sought to join the crowd marching toward Congress, even wresting the steering wheel of the presidential car from the hands of his security agent.
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