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As the House January 6 committee is set to publish its report, here are some of the key standouts.

even though the January 6 hearings have been so bad for Trump they have made Ron DeSantis look like a winner simply for not being mentioned, Trump is still ahead of or level with the Florida governor, his only serious rival, in most polling regarding the GOP nominee. There are signs the party is finally sick and tired of losing, the Why: If Hawley does run, it is hard to see his treatment by the January 6 committee as too damaging to his standing on the hard right of the GOP. With the special counsel, Jack Smith, now examining Trump’s machinations, the former congressman from North Carolina cannot yet sleep easy. Donald Trump and his allies and supporters are a clear and present danger.” That, he said, was “because to this very day the former president and his allies and supporters pledge that in the presidential election of 2024, if the former president or his anointed successor as the Republican party presidential candidate were to lose that election, they would attempt to overturn that 2024 election in the same way they attempted to overturn the 2020 election, but succeed in 2024 where they failed in 2020.” Since the hearings, Pence has continued to shape his likely challenge to Trump for the Republican nomination in 2024, conducting a fearsome balancing act: discussing his role in stopping Trump’s assault on democracy while evincing pride in what he says the Why: The panel seemed to make a political decision to portray Trump’s doggedly loyal vice-president as a hero, for not supporting the scheme to overturn Joe Biden’s win. Never far from a reference to Abraham Lincoln or the founders, Raskin provided perhaps a softer public face than Cheney, but one no less determined. Among extraordinary scenes described by Hutchinson: Trump [lunging for the wheel](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2022/jun/28/trump-tried-to-grab-cars-steering-wheel-to-go-to-capitol-hill-former-aide-testifies-video) of his vehicle when told he could not go to the Capitol with his supporters; Trump throwing food at the White House walls; and Meadows refusing to do anything at all to reign in his boss. Once the committee was in session, Cheney emerged as its star prosecutor. Winner or loser: Winner. After a year of dramatic hearings and bombshell testimony, here are some of the key winners and losers to emerge from its work.

Donald Trump — meet Kyrsten Sinema. Sen. Sinema (I-Ariz.) recently departed the Democratic Party to become an independent. If Trump follows her lead and ...

The long-term goal is to create a nationwide base that eventually might produce a credible and strong third-party presidential candidate. Either way, they potentially hand votes to any Republican running for the Senate seat. “Rather, they are creating a spoiler who will help elect Donald Trump.” For now, its focus is on state and local races. Christine Todd Whitman (R) and former Rep. David Jolly (R-Fla.). One new entry in the sweepstakes for an alternative to the current two-party system is the Forward Party. In the 2016 presidential race, the “Double Haters” identified by Astrow had a distaste for both Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and Trump. The importance of independents was in the spotlight earlier this month as a new term entered the political lexicon: the “Double Haters.” Always will be. And Sinema’s move to independent indicates the time is ripe for high-profile politicians to take a serious look outside the two-party system. Always has been.

The U.S. House committee investigating the Capitol riot will make its final public presentation Monday about the unprecedented effort by Donald Trump to ...

Still, the criminal referrals of a former president are rare, and grave. The charges recommended by the committee are conspiracy to defraud the United States, obstruction of an official proceeding of Congress, conspiracy to make a false statement and insurrection. Rather than bring it together, the events of Jan. The committee alleged violations of four criminal statutes by Trump, in both the run-up to the riot and during the insurrection itself, as it recommended the former president for prosecution to the U.S. Jamie Raskin, a constitutional scholar who played a lead role in drafting the documents. "He lost the 2020 election and knew it," Thompson said. "Nearly two years later this is still a time of reflection and reckoning." After beating their way past police, injuring many of them, the Jan. Others detailed how the fighting only subsided once Trump tweeted hours later that they should go home. The panel, which will dissolve on Jan. 6 committee has wrapped up its investigation of the violent 2021 U.S. The U.S.

The committee is expected to vote on recommending charges against former President Donald Trump to the Department of Justice (DoJ). The DoJ has the final say on ...

A former host for the right-wing One America News Network, famous for its sycophantic coverage of former President Donald Trump, has joined his team in a ...

And the newspaper’s journalists report that Ms Harp isn’t the only Trump aide assigned to morale-boosting duty as the former president faces the weight of the Justice Department’s January 6 investigation as well as a similar probe in Fulton County, Georgia, bearing down upon him. Mr DeSantis has not formally announced a bid for the presidency but has not officially ruled a bid out either as he pursues policies in the Sunshine State that are frequently seen as attempts to play to a wider, national conservative audience. In all, the various legal troubles facing the former president far outweigh the fanfare that largely failed to materialise last month with the announcement of Mr Trump’s 2024 bid for the White House, a largely-expected development that has been met with mixed reactions from the GOP and a sense from Republicans aligned with the party’s Washington establishment that Mr Trump’s political dynasty is weaker than ever before.

Former national security adviser John Bolton called the political philosophy of former President Trump “performance art” as Bolton mulls a potential 2024 ...

Bush, is joining a number of Republicans who have spoken out against Trump since the GOP’s disappointing results in the midterms. “This whole thing represents that Donald Trump is an aberration in American politics,” he said. And there is no real succession to Donald Trump.” ambassador to the United Nations under former President George W. “It’s performance art. Donald Trump has no philosophy,” Bolton said.

Four Republicans referred to House ethics committee for refusing to comply with panel's subpoenas, including Kevin McCarthy.

Nothing could be a greater betrayal of this duty than to assist in insurrection against the constitutional order.” The lawmakers also referred four Republican House representatives to the chamber’s ethics committee. There is, of course, uncertainty over whether the justice department will charge Trump with these crimes, far more whether he would be convicted. Again, you know, it is symbolic and it’s up to the Department of Justice, ultimately, to seek criminal accountability for those responsible for the January 6 insurrection. It also believed Trump committed seditious conspiracy — the same charge for which two members of the rightwing Oath Keepers militia group were found guilty of by a jury last month. It comes after more than a year of investigation by the bipartisan House of Representatives panel tasked with understanding Trump’s plot to stop Joe Biden from taking office. Nothing could be a greater betrayal of this duty than to assist in insurrection against the constitutional order. Despite its historic work, the committee “is unlikely to serve as a political steppingstone for many of its members”, the New York Times wrote. Since the policy was put in place in March 2020, more than 2.4 million migrants have been expelled from the US and prevented from exercising their legal right under US and international law to seek asylum. The nine members also voted unanimously to approve the final report of the 18-month investigation, which will be released on Wednesday. The policy is set to expire Wednesday. John Eastman, Trump’s attorney, whom the panel said had helped Trump in his conspiracy to stay in power, was also referred.

Donald Trump a montré qu'il était «inapte» à occuper de nouvelles fonctions publiques, affirme la vice-présidente de la commission d'enquête.

Son ministre de la Justice, une série de conseillers, et même sa propre fille, Ivanka... Le 6 janvier 2021, des partisans de M. Dans des témoignages face caméra, plusieurs membres de la garde rapprochée de Donald Trump ont dit ne pas avoir cru à ses théories de «fraude électorale». Donald Trump était «au centre» d'une «tentative de coup d'État», a par le passé déclaré Bennie Thompson. Il «a allumé la mèche, a versé de l'essence sur le feu et s'est assis dans la salle à manger de la Maison-Blanche pendant des heures à regarder le feu brûler, et aujourd'hui encore, il continue d'attiser ces flammes», a de son côté accusé la démocrate Elaine Luria. En niant la réalité, Donald Trump a «brisé» la confiance dans le système démocratique, a dénoncé Bennie Thompson, chef de la commission.

La numéro deux de la commission, la républicaine Liz Cheney, bête noire de Donald Trump, a jugé que ses actes avaient montré qu'il était « inapte » à occuper de ...

Depuis le lancement de sa campagne électorale de 2024, l’ex-président a fait face à des décisions juridiques qui minent son image et la réputation de son empire immobilier. [une collection de cartes à collectionner](https://www.ledevoir.com/monde/etats-unis/774826/etats-unis-donald-trump-lance-ses-cartes-de-collection-a-son-effigie?utm_source=recirculation&utm_medium=hyperlien&utm_campaign=corps_texte), ressemblant surtout à une campagne de promotion pour gagner de l’argent rapidement et facilement. [pour regarder la violente émeute contre le Capitole à la télévision](https://www.ledevoir.com/monde/etats-unis/736770/assaut-du-capitole-trump-ne-voulait-rien-faire?utm_source=recirculation&utm_medium=hyperlien&utm_campaign=corps_texte), a dit la coprésidente républicaine de la commission Liz Cheney. Il a aussi « fait pression pour corrompre le vice-président Mike Pence afin qu’il refuse de compter les votes électoraux lors de la session conjointe du Congrès le 6 janvier ». « Ce sera une période sombre de l’histoire américaine », a-t-il écrit avant même que la commission ne recommande des poursuites criminelles contre lui, « mais avec l’obscurité vient la lumière », a-t-il ajouté. Quatre élus républicains ont également été renvoyés devant le comité d’éthique de la Chambre des représentants pour avoir refusé de comparaître devant la commission d’enquête sur le 6 janvier, ont indiqué ses membres lundi. Pendant des heures, il n’a pas publié de déclaration publique ordonnant à ses partisans de se disperser et de quitter le Capitole, malgré les appels pressants que lui a lancés son personnel à la Maison-Blanche en ce sens. Mais il a choisi d’essayer de rester au pouvoir grâce à un stratagème à plusieurs volets visant à invalider les résultats et à bloquer le transfert de pouvoir. « Compte tenu de l’importance des travaux de la commission et de la publicité autour de ses audiences publiques et de la publication à venir de son rapport final [plus tard cette semaine], le département de la Justice va sûrement envisager très sérieusement de mener les enquêtes criminelles suggérées par cette commission, a dit en entrevue Frank Bowman, juriste et spécialiste de la politique américaine à la University of Missouri. Cela indique que le comité du Congrès a accumulé suffisamment de preuves sur les méfaits commis par un ancien président pour justifier de tels renvois au pénal. « Il s’agit d’une décision extrêmement importante, d’un point de vue tant historique que symbolique, a résumé Daniel Medwed, professeur de droit à la Northeastern University, joint par Le Devoir à Boston. Ce renvoi devant la justice marque le point culminant de cette enquête parlementaire amorcée il y a plus de 18 mois.

The referral marks the first time in US history that Congress has taken such action against a former president. Donald Trump is seen standing against a ...

The committee’s mandate runs out at the end of the year, and in 2023, the Republican House majority is almost certain not to continue its work. She recounted how, ahead of the rally he had planned for January 6, she and a White House lawyer agreed that Trump should urge attendees to be peaceful, but he refused. Several people who spoke to the committee were not completely forthcoming, the lawmakers wrote in the introduction to their report released at the conclusion of Monday’s meeting. His decisions in those cases will have huge ramifications for the future of the former president, who has announced he will run for the White House again in 2024. But he chose to try to stay in office through a multiparty scheme to overturn the results and blocked the transfer of power.” On Wednesday, the panel is expected to release a lengthy report into the attack that left five people dead and spawned nearly 1,000 criminal cases. The attorney general, Merrick Garland, last month appointed veteran prosecutor Jack Smith to determine whether to charge Trump over the insurrection and his efforts to disrupt the peaceful transition of power. who may have advised clients to provide false or misleading testimony to the Committee”. The lawmaker referred Eastman on conspiracy charges, as well as for his alleged attempt to disrupt an official proceeding. Nothing could be a greater betrayal of this duty than to assist in insurrection against the constitutional order.” When we drop that ballot in the ballot box, we expect the people named on the ballot are going to uphold that end of the deal,” he said. “The committee has developed significant evidence that President Trump intended to disrupt the peaceful transition of power under our constitution.

La commission d'enquête parlementaire sur l'assaut du Capitole a voté lundi en faveur de recommander des poursuites pénales contre Donald Trump, ...

Son procureur général, une série de conseillers, et même sa propre fille, Ivanka… Le 6 janvier 2021, des partisans de M. Dans des témoignages face caméra, plusieurs membres de la garde rapprochée de Donald Trump ont dit ne pas avoir cru à ses théories de « fraude électorale ». Chargés de faire la lumière sur les faits et gestes de l’ancien président avant et pendant le 6 janvier 2021, les élus ont cherché à montrer que Donald Trump avait tenté de garder le pouvoir alors qu’il se savait battu. En niant la réalité, Donald Trump a « brisé » la confiance dans le système démocratique, a dénoncé Bennie Thompson, chef de la Commission. Trump, affirmant — à tort — comme lui que la présidentielle de 2020 lui avait été « volée » par Joe Biden, avaient violemment attaqué le siège du Congrès à Washington pour stopper la certification des résultats, faisant trembler la démocratie américaine.

House committee said there is evidence Trump committed crimes by inciting a crowd of supporters to protest the certification of 2020 election results.

6 committee — one that involved the sowing of doubt in the weeks between the November 2020 election won by Joe Biden and the Jan. So far federal prosecutors have taken the assault on the temple of American political power incredibly seriously. 6, 2021, Capitol riot found that as the nation’s top lawmaker, its commander-in-chief, Trump committed criminal acts to try to stay in power, the gravest being the crime of insurrection. On Wednesday, the committee’s final report comes out. Trump also tried, and failed, to sway his own vice-president, Mike Pence. It seems unlikely that the Jan. 6 committee’s full report, to be released Wednesday, will be the dent in Trump’s political armour that leads to his undoing. So we basically were just following what he said.” Thompson, of Mississippi. “There’s no doubt about this.” Blue-state Democratic voters would be hard-pressed to disagree with Rep. An opportunity to vent — once again, or once and for all — the pent-up emotion that Trump’s roller-coaster of chaos has caused to build up in the body politic.

Le comité recommande que l'ex-président soit poursuivi pour incitation à l'insurrection et fraude, notamment.

Son procureur général, une série de conseillers et même sa propre fille, Ivanka... « Cette foi dans notre système est le fondement de la démocratie américaine. Celui-ci pourrait ainsi être poursuivi pour incitation à l'insurrection et pour tentative de fraude contre le gouvernement américain. Il a perdu l'élection de 2020 et le savait, mais il a choisi d'essayer de rester au pouvoir. Chargés de faire la lumière sur les faits et gestes de l'ex-président avant et pendant le 6 janvier 2021, les élus ont cherché à montrer que Donald Trump avait tenté de garder le pouvoir alors qu'il se savait battu. Si la confiance est brisée, notre démocratie l'est aussi.

La commission d'enquête parlementaire sur l'assaut du Capitole a recommandé lundi que des poursuites pénales soient lancées contre l'ancien président Donald Trump, notamment pour appel à l'insurrection et complot à l'encontre de l'État américain.

Son ministre de la Justice, une série de conseillers et même sa propre fille, Ivanka... Dans des témoignages filmés, plusieurs membres de la garde rapprochée de Donald Trump ont dit ne pas avoir cru à ses théories de «fraude électorale». «Cette foi dans notre système est le fondement de la démocratie américaine. Si la confiance est brisée, notre démocratie l'est aussi. Donald Trump était «au centre» d'une «tentative de coup d'État», a par le passé déclaré le chef de la commission, Bennie Thompson. «Je pense que les preuves sont là, que Donald Trump a commis des infractions pénales dans le cadre de ses efforts pour renverser l'élection», a affirmé dimanche sur CNN l'élu démocrate Adam Schiff, membre de la commission.

Eastman wrote a two-page memo laying out a plan for then-Vice President Mike Pence to refuse to certify the presidential electoral count on Jan. 6.

A spokesman for Jordan also called the referral a "stunt." A spokesman for Perry called the Jan. But when the time came for his deposition, Eastman asserted his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination over 100 times, and failed to answer any of the committee's substantive questions. Eastman also said that in his face-to-face meeting with Pence on Jan. 6, and effectively prevent Biden from being formally declared the winner of the presidential election. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol recommended Monday that the Justice Department investigate and potentially prosecute former President In a statement Monday, Biggs called the ethics committee referral "a political stunt," and accused the committee of using the ethics panel inappropriately. 6, 2021 attack recommended that the Justice Department investigate and potentially prosecute Trump's election law attorney John Eastman on two counts. The committee also said the four Republicans should "be questioned in a public forum about their advance knowledge of and role in President Trump's plan to prevent the peaceful transition of power." Eastman's referral was for his alleged violation of the statute that makes it a criminal offense to impede an official proceeding of the United States government, and secondly, the law that prohibits conspiring to defraud the United States. "The evidence shows that Eastman knew in advance of the 2020 election that Vice President Pence could not refuse to count electoral votes on January 6th," the committee wrote in an executive report issued Monday. - Eastman's referral was for his alleged violation of the statute that makes it a criminal offense to impede an official proceeding of the United States government, and secondly, the law that prohibits conspiring to defraud the United States.

Every effort to hold Donald Trump accountable has been thwarted by those who made it someone else's job. Not any more.

If Trump does not face legal consequences for the events of that day, he and his supporters have reason to believe that Trump somehow frightened the U.S. The incitement of violence by the head of the government is not an infraction that can be dismissed and forgiven by any political system that hopes to stay constitutional. An American president is bound by law and operates through legal institutions, but a president also has sources of personal authority that are not beholden to the law and are exercised outside institutions. No, leave the decision to the voters. The time for justice has come. Whatever happens with that run, his likeliest Republican rivals are studying his methods, considering which to emulate and which to discard. He has not repented or reformed in the two years since. To repeat McConnell’s phrase, it’s “practically and morally” very difficult to hold a wayward president to account. Again and again, they get the same answer: “It’s somebody else’s job.” By a vote of 81 million to 74 million, they repudiated Trump. They can identify who helped him, and who tried to dissuade him. They know more about when and how Trump provoked the event.

The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol unveiled criminal referrals on Monday targeting former President Trump ...

The report also suggested that pro-Trump lawyer Kenneth Chesebro, Rudy Giuliani and former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows participated in the conspiracy, in addition to Clark. The executive summary notes that a number of defendants in Capitol riot-related cases identified Trump’s claims of a “stolen election” as central to driving their activities at the Capitol. But we were stymied by virtue of the fact that not everybody would testify, lots of people took the Fifth Amendment,” he told reporters. “The committee has developed significant evidence that President Trump intended to disrupt the peaceful transition of power under our Constitution. The conspiracy to defraud the United States statute applies when two or more people conspire to commit offenses against the U.S. “We propose to the committee advancing referrals where the gravity of the specific offense, the severity of its actual harm, and the centrality of the offender to the overall design of the unlawful scheme to overthrow the election compel us to speak,” Rep. 6, encouraging them to march to the Capitol, and “further provoking the already violent and lawless crowd” when he posted a tweet just before 2:30 p.m. “I have no doubt that once the investigation proceed and is concluded, if the evidence is as we presented it, I’m convinced the Justice Department will charge former President Trump.” 6 and his inaction during the riot. The recommendations themselves, however, are largely symbolic, as the Department of Justice is not required to look into referrals from congressional committees. 6 attack and the role Trump played before, during and after the riot. The House select committee investigating the Jan.

Donald Trump should be charged with crimes related to the assault on the US Capitol, according to the congressional committee investigating the 6 January, ...

Since announcing his presidential bid just a week after the Republican Party and Mr Trump's handpicked candidates underperformed in the November 2022 midterm congressional elections, Mr Trump has taken few visible steps to advance his campaign efforts. Already, there are indications that Mr Trump may be facing increasingly stiff political headwinds as he tries to gear up another bid for the presidency in 2024. Congress does not have the ability to charge Mr Trump with any of the listed federal crimes. The committee claimed the former president instigated the attack by his supporters and provided "aid and comfort" to the rioters in violation of multiple federal laws. Last month, US Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed a special counsel, Jack Smith, to handle all aspects of the inquiry into the former president. They have laid out the case - the means, the motive and the opportunity - as they see it.

He was the “central cause” of the riot and mounted multiple plots to overthrow democracy.

It will thoroughly document a day of infamy and a multi-level conspiracy mounted by a president to subvert the Constitution and grab the power of a tyrant. Although no one could convince President Trump to call for the violent rioters to leave the Capitol, Ivanka persuaded President Trump that a tweet could be issued to discourage violence against the police.” (The committee, in this report, says Ivanka was not “forthcoming” in her testimony.) According to the committee report, days ahead of January 6 Trump planned to issue what would seem to be a spontaneous call to his supporters to march on the Capitol. But the Trump White House was in the know: “After President Trump’s signal, his supporters did not hide their plans for violence at the Capitol, and those threats made their way to national and local law enforcement agencies. And there’s more: Trump “oversaw an effort to obtain and transmit false electoral certificates to Congress and the National Archives.” He pressed members of Congress “to object to valid slates of electors.” He “purposely verified false information filed in federal court” to support bogus lawsuits alleging election fraud. It’s a damning indictment of a man who had once sworn to uphold and defend the Constitution. Finally, he “summoned tens of thousands of supporters to Washington for January 6th,” and though he knew some of these Trumpists were angry and armed, he instructed them to march to the Capitol. As the introduction notes, Trump, beginning on election night, purposefully disseminated “false allegations of fraud…to aid his effort to overturn the election” (and to solicit what would end up being about $250 million in political contributions). Department of Justice by attempting to enlist Department officials to make purposely false statements and thereby aid his effort to overturn the Presidential election.” (And when that effort failed, he tried to install as attorney general a Big Lie crony who intended to declare the election fraudulent and pressure officials in Georgia to renounce the state’s election results.) Without “any evidentiary basis and contrary to State and Federal law,” Trump himself “unlawfully pressured State officials and legislators to change the results.” Trump’s disinformation crusade that advanced the lie that the 2020 election was fraudulent and his incitement of the insurrectionist violence both happened in plain sight. Judging from the introduction, the final report should do the trick for anyone who does not maintain a cult-like loyalty to Trump and his falsehoods. After 18 months of investigation and hearings, the House January 6 committee has confirmed the obvious: “The central cause of January 6th was one man, former President Donald Trump, who many others followed.

A US congressional inquiry into last year's Capitol riot says ex-President Donald Trump should face criminal charges, including insurrection. The Democratic-led committee voted unanimously for the justice department to prosecute Mr Trump.

Donald Trump broke that faith," he added. The House committee has argued Mr Trump spread claims that he knew were false about the 2020 presidential election being stolen, before pressuring state officials, the justice department and his own vice-president to help overturn his defeat. It accused Mr Trump of a "multi-part conspiracy" to thwart the will of voters in the run-up to the Capitol riot and during the riot itself. On Monday, the panel also released a new video from their deposition with longtime Trump aide Hope Hicks, who said she had warned Mr Trump that by continuing to make false claims about the election, he and his team were "damaging his legacy". The panel accuses him of inciting the riot at Congress in a last-ditch bid to block the peaceful transfer of power to Mr Biden. While the panel's actions are mostly symbolic, the chairman described the proposed charges as a "roadmap to justice".

A House panel made four criminal referrals in relation to Donald Trump's alleged role in the attack on the Capitol. Convictions might make him an ...

[Eugene Debs](https://aflcio.org/about/history/labor-history-people/eugene-debs), founder of the Socialist Party of America, [ran for president in 1920](https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2019/09/22/socialist-who-ran-president-prison-won-nearly-million-votes/) while serving a prison sentence for sedition. [currently investigating](https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/09/15/trump-january-6-subpoenas-meadows/) Trump for his activities related to the [Jan. Indeed, it is not clear that a president could not effectively execute the duties of office from prison, since the Constitution imposes no requirements that the executive appear in any specific location. For sure, impeachment would remain an option – but it might be an unlikely one if Republicans maintained their majority in the House in 2024 and 2026. [Section 3 of the 14th Amendment](https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/amendment-14/) disqualifies any person from holding federal office “who, having previously taken an oath … The case followed the adoption of a resolution by the House of Representatives barring pastor and New York politician [Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.](https://history.house.gov/People/Listing/P/POWELL,-Adam-Clayton,-Jr--(P000477)/) from taking his seat in the 90th Congress. 6 did not constitute an “insurrection” as it is understood by the wording of the amendment. [announced a 2024 run for the presidency](https://news.yahoo.com/trump-announces-2024-run-president-015331045.html), especially in regards to the referral over his alleged inciting or assisting an insurrection. Trump could also point to the fact that Congress enacted an 6 attack [is largely symbolic](https://www.npr.org/2022/12/19/1143415487/the-jan-6-committee-is-about-to-have-its-last-hearing-heres-what-to-expect) – the panel itself has no power to prosecute any individual. McCormack](https://www.oyez.org/cases/1968/138) ruling. Congress or any of the states.

The decision by the January 6th committee to recommend criminal prosecution for the former President is unprecedented in American history.

[performance of Trump-backed candidates](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/11/21/the-republicans-post-midterm-reckoning-with-donald-trump) in the midterms suggests that the committee’s public hearings have already tarnished Trump politically, particularly among independents and moderate Republicans. “And I said, no, we’ve looked into that and there’s no evidence of it.” The White House press secretary, Kayleigh McEnany, said that she tried to dissuade Trump as well, by “waving him off” the theory, but Trump subsequently tweeted about it anyway. And, now, with its criminal referrals, the committee has placed Trump in a position of political ignominy occupied by no other American President. [storming of the Capitol](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/01/25/among-the-insurrectionists) by a violent mob that tried to disrupt the certification of his defeat in the 2020 election.“The central cause of Jan. Some of the January 6th committee’s methods, including its effective use of snippets of testimony in videos produced for public airing, have prompted complaints about selective editing. Ilya Somin, a law professor at George Mason University, told me that he believed the committee’s referral has increased the odds that Trump will face prosecution. For the purposes of the committee, whether its referrals result in actual prosecutions may not matter. Law-enforcement officials, however, told me that the most important contribution that the committee can make to the ongoing Trump investigations is to immediately give prosecutors access to the more than a thousand witness interviews the committee conducted over the past year. The committee also identified five Trump allies for potential prosecution for their roles in aiding his effort to overturn the 2020 election: the former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and four lawyers: Rudolph W. She said that another senior adviser, Eric Herschmann, told her that he had made the same recommendation to Trump, but the President had refused to speak out against violence. “None of the events of Jan. The committee accused him of violating four federal laws: inciting insurrection, obstructing an act of Congress, conspiring to defraud the United States, and conspiring to make a false statement.

Le président défait ne pourra pas se présenter aux prochaines élections s'il est reconnu coupable d'incitation à une insurrection.

C’est par un vote unanime que les sept démocrates et les deux républicains membres de la commission se sont positionnés en faveur de ces recommandations. Ce sera ensuite au département de la justice américaine d’établir si des chefs d’accusation seront ou pas déposés contre Trump. « C’est signe qu’il y a un tribunal qui a reconnu ce crime. Ce qui reste à établir, c’est si Donald Trump était en cause dans ce crime-là. À la suite de 18 mois d’investigation, la commission d’enquête parlementaire sur l’assaut du Capitole a recommandé, lundi, que des poursuites pénales soient lancées contre l’ancien président, notamment pour appel à l’insurrection et complot à l’encontre de l’État américain. La commission d’enquête parlementaire sur l’assaut du Capitole a recommandé des poursuites pénales pour appel à l’insurrection et complot à l’encontre de l’État américain contre Donald Trump.