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DEEP DIVISIONS: Jan. 6 Committee Disagree Over Issuing Trump a Criminal Referral


The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol is reportedly attempting to resolve a disagreement among its members over whether to issue a criminal referral to former President Donald Trump and others in his White House

Committee Chairman Rep. Benny Thompson said Monday evening that that the committee should not make criminal referrals, arguing that “it’s not our job.”

“Our job is to look at the facts and circumstances around January 6th, what caused it, and make recommendations after that,” Thompson told reporters.

However, his statement was quickly responded to by Rep. Liz Cheney – one of just two Republicans on the committee – who said that members haven’t yet reached a conclusion on whether to issue criminal referrals.

“The January 6th Select Committee has not issued a conclusion regarding potential criminal referrals. We will announce a decision on that at an appropriate time,” Cheney tweeted.

The mixed messages are the first sign of cracks within the committee, which has shown off a polished and choreographed operation for the last year as they conducted over 1,000 interviews with witnesses and officials and reviewed over 100,000 documents relating to the events of January 6th.

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6 Responses

  1. 1 item which surely shouldn’t be experiencing any disagreement:- nancy being speaker of the house is responsible for security of the Capitol, so failed miserably in her duties, by refusing President Donald Trump’s offer of more police & soldiers, already as early as January 2nd, so everyone agrees that nancy has to be impeached for failure to administer her duties properly.

  2. America would be my last partner period in the world….a society that no longer is in control of itself…..

  3. That’s because they know they have Skeletons in their closet that will get revealed if the houses flip this November!

  4. Given the way the House Democrats have been working, why not just enact of “Bill of attainder” and then have Trump beheaded. It is a very traditional way of disposing of politicians one dislikes, and avoids the problems caused by a messy trial (no need to rig the jury selection, no need to intimidate witnesses, no cross examination of witnesses, etc.). While it hasn’t been used in the United States for 250 years, it would solve all the problems the Democrats are encountering in their goal of “cancelling” Trump, and would obviate the need for sham judiciary proceedings. It would annoy the “deplorables” who haven’t accepted that Trump is the great satan, but they can be cancelled next (preferably before they distort the results in the next election by voting for the wrong candidate)..

  5. Trump tried to subvert the election process. I hold conservative values, but trying to undermine the election process is not a conservative value. Trump fosters the “cult of personality” – be very wary of this. Trump should be held accountable.

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