Members of the House committee investigating the Capitol uprising said Sunday that they have uncovered enough evidence that the Justice Department is considering an unprecedented criminal charge against former President Donald Trump for overturning the results of the 2020 election. The commission said Trump’s campaign director, Bill Stepien, was among witnesses scheduled to testify Monday in a statement that focused on Mr. Trump’s attempt to spread lies about stolen elections. Mr Stepien was summoned to testify in public. As the hearings unfolded, spokesman Adam Schiff said he would like the ministry to “investigate any credible allegations of criminal activity on the part of Donald Trump.” Mr Schiff, D-Calif., Who also chairs the House Intelligence Committee, said: “There are some actions, parts of these different lines of effort to overturn the election that I do not see being investigated by the Department of Justice.” . The committee held its first public hearing last week, with members setting out their case against Mr. Trump to show how the defeated president relentlessly promoted his false allegations of rigged elections, despite many advisers telling him the opposite and how he intensified an extraordinary plan to overthrow Joe Biden’s Victory. Additional details will be released at hearings this week that show how Mr. Trump and some of his advisers took part in a “massive effort” to spread misinformation, pressured the Justice Department to accept his false allegations and urged the then vice president. Mike Pence will reject the state voters and will block the certification of the vote on January 6, 2021. Jan. 6 commission accuses Donald Trump of “coup attempt” at Capitol during hearing The January 6 hearing was an impressive presentation of Donald Trump as the mastermind behind the attempt to overthrow the election. Mr. Stepien, a longtime ally of Trump, is now the top adviser to Wyoming Republican nominee Harriet Hageman, who is challenging spokeswoman Liz Cheney, the committee’s vice president and vocal former chairman. A spokesman for Trump, Taylor Budovic, suggested the commission’s decision to summon Stepien was politically motivated. Monday’s list of witnesses also includes BJay Pak, Atlanta’s top federal attorney who resigned on Jan. 4, 2021, a day after the release of a recording in which Mr. Trump called him “never Trump” and Chris Stirewalt. , former political editor of Fox News. The commission said most of the respondents in the survey volunteered, although some wanted the calls to appear in public. Director Nick Quested, who provided the documentary on the attack, said during last week’s hearing that he had been summoned to appear. The committee members said they would provide clear evidence that “multiple” GOP lawmakers, including spokesman Scott Perry, R-Pa., Had apologized to Mr. Trump, who would protect him from prosecution. Mr Perry on Friday denied that he had ever done so, calling the allegation an “absolute, shameless and lifeless lie”. “We are not going to blame or say anything without evidence or evidence to support it,” said Adam Kinzinger, spokesman for R-Ill. Lawmakers have said that perhaps their most important audience during the hearing may be Attorney General Merrick Garland, who has to decide whether his department can and should prosecute Mr. Trump. They left no doubt as to whether the evidence was sufficient to proceed. “Once the evidence has been gathered from the Department of Justice, it has to decide whether it can prove to a jury beyond a reasonable doubt the guilt of the president or anyone else,” Sif said. “But they need to be investigated if there is credible evidence, which I think exists.” Representative Jamie Raskin, D-Md., Said he did not intend to “hit” Mr Garland, but noted that the commission has already presented in criminal memorandum criminal records that they believe Mr. Trump has violated. “I think he knows, his staff knows, US lawyers know what is at stake here,” Ruskin said. “They know its significance, but I think they rightly pay special attention to the precedent in history, as well as to the facts of this case.” Mr Garland did not say whether he would be willing to prosecute, which was unprecedented and could be complicated at a time when Mr Trump was openly flirting with the idea of running for president again. No president or former president has ever been charged. Richard Nixon resigned in 1974 as he faced prosecution and possible charges of bribery, conspiracy and obstruction of justice. President Gerald Ford later pardoned his predecessor before any Watergate prosecutions were filed. Legal experts say a Justice Department lawsuit against Mr. Trump over the uprising could set an unprecedented precedent in which one party government could more regularly prosecute another former president. “We will follow the events wherever they lead,” Garland said in a speech at the opening ceremony of Harvard University last month. A California federal judge said in a March ruling in a political case that Mr. Trump “most likely than not” committed federal crimes in an attempt to prevent the counting of Electoral College ballots in Congress on Jan. 6, 2021. : obstruction of formal proceedings and conspiracy to defraud the United States. Mr. Trump has denied any wrongdoing. Mr. Siff appeared on ABC’s “This Week,” Mr. Ruskin spoke on CNN’s “State of the Union,” and Mr. Kinzinger appeared on CBS’s “Face the Nation.” Our Morning and Afternoon Newsletters are compiled by Globe editors, giving you a brief overview of the day’s most important headlines. Register today.
