Congress filed criminal charges against Trump because of the storming of the Capitol: now the word is up to the Department of Justice

At a meeting on December 19, the U.S. House Committee to Investigate the Storming of the Capitol on January 6, 2021 voted to file criminal charges against the 45th President, Donald Trump. The committee referred Trump's case to the Justice Department for criminal charges of inciting an uprising and conspiring against the government to undermine the 2020 election, reports The Guardian.

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The committee's recommendations, approved by its members on December 19, are the first time in American history that Congress has recommended criminal charges against a president. This comes after more than a year of investigation by a bipartisan panel of the House of Representatives. She was instructed to figure out what really happened on January 6, 2021, and what was the role of Trump in this story.

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“The committee believes there is more than enough evidence that Trump provided assistance to those who participated in the violent attack on the Capitol,” said Congressman Jamie Raskin. “The Committee has gathered significant evidence that President Trump intended to disrupt the peaceful transfer of power under our Constitution.” The President has a fundamental constitutional duty to act to ensure that the laws are faithfully executed. Nothing could be a greater betrayal of this duty than aid in rebellion against the constitutional order.”

The committee charged Trump with violating four federal criminal laws, including those related to obstructing the official work of Congress, inciting an insurrection, and conspiring against the United States.

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However, the Committee's findings are merely recommendations. Next, the word is up to the Ministry of Justice

The Committee's findings have no consequences for Trump. The Department of Justice should initiate a criminal investigation. Therefore, the Committee called on the Department of Justice to investigate this matter, as well as attempts to obstruct the investigation, including by "certain attorneys ... who may have advised clients to make false or misleading statements to the Committee."

Attorney General Merrick Garland last month instructed seasoned prosecutor Jack Smith to determine whether Trump should be charged with instigating an uprising and his efforts to disrupt a peaceful transition of power.

On December 21, the group is expected to release a detailed account of the attack on the Capitol, which killed five people and opened about 1000 criminal cases.

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As ForumDaily wrote earlier:

• On January 6, 2021, the US Congress met in Washington, D.C. to approve the results of the presidential election. At the same time numerous supporters of the incumbent US President Donald Trump crowded under the Capitol building to protest against these results. The situation quickly escalated and turned into chaos.
• House of Representatives and Senate confirmed Joe Biden's win early Thursday morning January 7. During the protests near the Capitol, at least 4 people died, there were victims. The chaos near the Capitol was condemned by the leaders of many countries.
• US President Donald Trump returns to Twitter after 12 hours of blocking his account and posted a video in which he severely condemned the people who broke into the Capitol, and also admitted defeat for the first time in the elections.
• This assault resulted in Trump's second impeachment trial launched.
• 45th US President Donald Trump files lawsuit in D.C. court against the House Select Committee investigating the January 6 Uprising and the National Archives to keep records made during his presidency secret, demanding executive privileges.
• On August 8, the FBI issued a warrant for search at the resort Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, as part of an investigation into the handling of presidential documents, including classified documents that may have been brought there.
• FBI agents seized secret recordings from the home of the 45th US President Donald Trump in Mar-a-Lago, Florida during an unprecedented search. Some of them have been marked as top secret.
• In this case, the US Department of Justice is investigating, Did the 45th President of the United States Donald Trump violate several federal laws related to the handling of classified documents. But that's not all: several other departments have also filed cases against Trump.
• Who in the United States has access to top-secret documents and how unique are the papers that Trump took with him to Mar-a-Lago, read in our material.

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