If you missed the wrap up of the January 6th committee hearing, or you have not paid attention you should. For the first time in history, a totally corrupt ex-president has been referred to the Dept. of Justice for several crimes (among the many others). Here's a low down:
SUMMARY:
1) PENTAGON OFFICIALS FEARED TRUMP WOULD TRY TO USE TROOPS IN HIS JAN. 6 COUP ATTEMPT
Pentagon officials worried Trump would issue an “illegal order” commanding troops to help with his coup attempt to undo the 2020 election, the Jan. 6 committee revealed. The finding comes in the section analyzing why it took hours for National Guard troops to be deployed to the Capitol to counter the mob that Trump had sent there to pressure his own vice president into voiding Trump’s defeat in the race.
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2) JAN. 6 COMMITTEE SAYS DONALD TRUMP PALS TRIED TO BRIBE WITNESSES The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021,
insurrection said former President Donald Trump tried to offer at least one
witness a cushy job to prevent her from testifying. “The witness believed
this was an effort to affect her testimony, and we are concerned that these
efforts may have been a strategy to prevent the committee from finding the
truth," Rep. Zoe Lofgren said. [HuffPost] The
Jan. 6 panel unanimously voted to refer four criminal charges against Trump
to the Department of Justice. While these referrals cannot force prosecutors
to charge anyone, they could add pressure to the DOJ to prosecute Trump for
his role in the Capitol riot. Meanwhile, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy
and three other GOP lawmakers were referred to the House
ethics committee for sanctions for their refusal to comply
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4) HOPE HICKS SAYS TRUMP BELIEVED HIS LEGACY DEPENDED ON REMAINING PRESIDENT
Trump believed his legacy relied on overturning the 2020 election and staying in office, his former senior adviser Hope Hicks told the Jan. 6 committee. Hicks told the ex-president there was no evidence to support his election fraud allegations and she was concerned about the effect of the lies on his reputation. "You know, nobody will care about my legacy if I lose, so that won’t matter. The only thing that matters is winning," Trump allegedly told her.
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