WASHINGTON – The House committee on Jan. 6 is wrapping up its investigation into the violent insurrection at the United States Capitol.
Lawmakers should wrap up one of the largest and most aggressive congressional investigations on record with an extraordinary recommendation: The Justice Department should consider the criminal charges against former President Donald Trump.
In a final meeting on Monday, the panel’s seven Democrats and two Republicans will recommend criminal charges against Trump and potentially the people who helped him launch a lobbying campaign to try to overturn the 2020 election.
While a criminal remand is mostly symbolic, as the Justice Department ultimately decides whether to prosecute Trump or others, it’s a decisive conclusion to an investigation that has had an almost singular focus from the beginning.
“I think the president has broken multiple criminal laws and I think he should be treated like any other American who breaks the law, and that’s who should be prosecuted,” said Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif. said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union.”
