BREAKING: New Court Filing by Jan. 6 Committee Gives First Hint at Potential, DOJ Referral of Trump, Campaign Advisers
By Becca Lower | Mar 02, 2022 11:59 PM ET
A new court filing on Wednesday by the House January 6 committee in a California civil court gives the first, clear hint of what might be included in any potential, criminal referral to the U.S. Department of Justice of former President Donald Trump and his campaign advisers, according to a late-breaking, New York Times piece.
New York Times:
WASHINGTON — The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol said on Wednesday that there was enough evidence to conclude that former President Donald J. Trump and some of his allies might have conspired to commit fraud and obstruction by misleading Americans about the outcome of the 2020 election and attempting to overturn the result.
In a court filing in a civil case in California, the committee’s lawyers for the first time laid out their theory of a potential criminal case against the former president. They said they had accumulated evidence demonstrating that Mr. Trump, the conservative lawyer John Eastman and other allies could potentially be charged with criminal violations including obstructing an official proceeding of Congress and conspiracy to defraud the American people.
The filing also said the men might have broken a common law statute against fraud through Mr. Trump’s repeated lies that the election had been stolen.
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