Former President Donald Trump claims the committee’s accusations are “false accusations”. The report of the committee investigating the Congress attack has already been described as historic even before its publication.
The committee investigating the January 2021 attack on the US Capitol on Monday recommended criminal charges against the former president Donald Trump against. We collected the answers to four key questions related to the case.
Why is the committee recommending prosecution?
According to the committee, Trump has committed serious crimes in connection with the attack on Congress.
The committee believes the congressional attack has its roots in former President Trump’s false claims that Democrats stole the presidential election.
According to the committee, Trump should be charged with sedition, resisting official investigations, conspiracy against the US government and making false statements.
Committee members repeatedly pointed to Trump’s involvement in nearly every phase of the congressional assault to overturn the 2020 presidential election, enter the news channel CNN (you will switch to another service).
How extraordinary is the committee’s recommendation?
It is a matter of historical recommendation. A massive congressional investigation has been described most significant to the generation (you switch to another service).
The recommendation is above all symbolic, as the final decision on charges is made by the Ministry of Justice, CNN reports.
However, the recommendation sends a strong signal that the committee, made up of both Democrats and Republicans, believes Trump committed crimes.
Ylen’s US correspondent Iida Tikka reminds that if Trump were to be convicted in a hypothetical trial, he might not only receive a prison sentence, but he might no longer be able to run for any government office.
How has Trump reacted to the situation?
Trump accuses the committee of recommending bogus charges.
Trump claims that the committee is trying to prevent him from running in the next presidential election in 2024. Trump has also accused the committee of bias.
According to Trump, the charges presented by the committee have already been reviewed in connection with the impeachment proceedings brought against him. The impeachment failed in the Senate in February 2021.
What happens next?
The committee is scheduled to release its final report tomorrow, Wednesday.
The report compiled by the committee is extensive: a thousand eyewitnesses have been interviewed, public hearings have been held and more than a million documents have been collected. The chairman of the committee Bennie Thompson in addition to the report, the committee will publish more documents related to the investigation before the turn of the year.
CNN estimates that the final report and other documents to be published will provide material for both Trump’s opponents and supporters.