“I think the Justice Dept. will do the right thing. I think he will be charged, and I frankly think he should be,” Rep. Kinzinger said on former President Trump.
“If this is not a crime, I don’t know what is. If a president can incite an insurrection and not be held accountable, then really there’s no limit to what a president can do or can’t do,” Kinzinger, a member of the Jan. 6 committee, said during an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union.”
“I think the Justice Department will do the right thing. I think he will be charged, and I frankly think he should be,” he continued, pointing to the findings of theKinzinger said he believes the former president should be charged and convicted based on the evidence the committee uncovered. “If he is not guilty of a crime, then I frankly fear for the future of this country because now every future president of this country can say here’s the bar — do everything you can to stay in power,” Kinzinger said.Kinzinger, who decided against seeking reelection, was one of two GOP lawmakers who served on the Jan. 6 committee. The panel is set to dissolve when Republicans retake the House in the new Congress.
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