The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol by Donald Trump supporters voted unanimously to ask the Justice Department to prosecute the former president for alleged crimes — including inciting an insurrection.
The committee’s nine members agreed Monday that their 17-month probe found enough evidence to urge that Trump and others face four federal criminal charges linked to efforts to overturn the 2020 election, which Joe Biden won.
“We’ve never had a President of the United States stir up a violent attempt to block the transfer of power,” Chairman Bennie Thompson said at the panel’s final