I think it is a mistake to say that a Congressional referral to the Justice Department is a mostly symbolic act. The January 6th committee has made other referrals already, this is different? Trump is different than any other American acting against the USA Consitution? I don't think he is different. I think he has to be held accountable no different than any other person invovled in January 6th that have been taken before the courts and held accountable.
If the US House is holding some of it's own accountable for the insurrection, it is their right to have all those involved in the conspiracy against our soveriegn constitution held accountable. Why the difference? Because of a backlash? If it is going to happen, it will happen anyway and the only way to stop the backlash is to hold ALL those in violation, including Senators such as Josh Hawley. Just because the US Senate is not holding their own committee, that doesn't mean it didn't happen.
The American people need to know all those involved, not just those that won't cause a political backlash.
I dont' know how many Americans held the line against Trump, but, he wasn't re-elected and that was before January 6, 2021. The American people were deciding about Trump for years. I am fairly sure there will be few Americans surprised that he is definitely involved in a PLOT to overthrow the freely elected government of the United States of America.
Look, there is a A LOT about the Trump's activities during those four years that are in question. The name Helsinki will no longer sound neutral or benevolent, so much as the meeting that turned Trump into a Putin minion.
These findings don't even begin to speak to the unlawfulness of the Trump White House. There are many issues coming to light including the fact a North Carolina House Representative didn't even live in the district he represented. All this is so astrounding I think it will take some time before the American people finally realize how completely terrible and destructive the four years of Trump actually became for no reason except Trump was more interested in his own wealth than the policy of The Rule of Law.
There is a lot to be viewed of those four years as grossly inappropriate and dangerously so, including the fact Mitch McConnell is as corrupt as the day is long and he couldn't bring an impeachment so much as a political display for his own brand to keep the corrupted dark money rolling in.
I suppose the House Committee on the events of January 6th will do the best thing for the country, but, Trump should not be allowed to be viewed as above the law. This is the time when FACTS should set the tone and direction, not politics.
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DESERVE THE TRUTH!
By Michael Schmidt and Luke Broadwater
Washington - The leaders of the House committee (click here) investigating the Capitol attack have grown divided over whether to make a criminal referral to the Justice Department of former President Donald J. Trump, even though they have concluded that they have enough evidence to do so, people involved in the discussions said.
The debate centers on whether making a referral — a largely symbolic act — would backfire by politically tainting the Justice Department’s expanding investigation into the Jan. 6 assault and what led up to it.
Since last summer, a team of former federal prosecutors working for the committee has focused on documenting the attack and the preceding efforts by Mr. Trump and his allies to reverse his defeat in the 2020 election. The panel plans to issue a detailed report on its findings, but in recent months it has regularly signaled that it was also weighing a criminal referral that would pressure Attorney General Merrick B. Garland to open a criminal investigation into Mr. Trump.
Despite concluding that they have enough evidence to refer Mr. Trump for obstructing a congressional proceeding and conspiring to defraud the American people, some on the committee are questioning whether there is any need to make a referral. The Justice Department appears to be ramping up a wide-ranging investigation, and making a referral could saddle a criminal case with further partisan baggage at a time when Mr. Trump is openly flirting with running again in 2024....
