The bipartisan House committee investigating the January 6 riots at the Capitol released its final 845-page report on Thursday after an extensive investigation that lasted 18 months and included more than 1,000 interviews, 11 public hearings and six criminal referrals.
Read the full committee report this.
In release their executive summary on Monday, the committee released what was arguably the biggest shock in the report: a recommendation that the Justice Department charge Donald Trump with instigating or aiding an insurrection, obstructing a major legal proceeding. knowledge and guilty of conspiracy to defraud the federal government. The panel also called on the DOJ to charge Trump’s attorney John Eastman.
Many of the investigation’s most startling revelations have come during public hearings, including evidence that Trump knew the Capitol crowd was armed, his unprecedented attempt to the appointment of DOJ mid-level attorney Jeffrey Clark as acting attorney general to help keep him in power. , and Shocking statement by White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson that Trump tried to strangle a Secret Service agent while demanding that he be taken to the Capitol in the midst of the riot.
Over the past 18 months, Congress has summoned four more Trump loyalists to the DOJ for contempt of Congress’ allegations after it ignored subpoenas from the committee: the former White House strategist. Steve Bannonformer economic advisor Peter Navarroformer social media expert Dan Scavino and former chief of staff grassland mark. The Fed eventually charged Bannon, who was guiltyand Navarro, who is being prosecuted.
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