NEW: The Jan. 6 committee is expected to criminally refer Trump lawyer John Eastman, whose discredited legal theories were central to the plot to overturn the election.
suggests the committee may refer Trump for prosecution under Section 1512, among other violations.
A month prior, committee Chair Bennie Thompson recalled how, at its initial hearings, the committee previewed its “initial findings about the conspiracy overseen and directed by Donald Trump to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and block the transfer of power.” Thompson’s reference to “the conspiracy” Trump helmed was likely a reference to 18 U.S.C. § 371, which penalizes conspiracies to defraud the U.S.
Only 10 House Republicans voted last year to impeach Trump over Jan. 6. Just two of them will be serving in the next Congress.decided to retire: Illinois’ Adam Kinzinger, Ohio’s Anthony Gonzalez, New York’s John Katko and Michigan’s Fred Upton. In August, former Vice President Mike Pence — a uniquely positioned witness to the chaotic events of Jan. 6, one whose very life came to be in danger — said he would“It would be unprecedented in history for a vice president to be summoned to testify on Capitol Hill,” he told a New Hampshire audience. “But I don’t want to prejudge.”for not testifying and concluded:
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