Monitoring Desk
WASHINGTON: A U.S. House of Representatives panel has asked federal prosecutors to charge former US President Donald Trump in connection with Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.
According to Reuters, the committee has asked the US Justice Department to bring charges against Trump, including obstruction of proceeding of Congress, conspiracy to defraud the US and insurrection.
USA President Joe Biden
The recommendation is non-binding but may press prosecutors to act against Trump. Today’s meeting is likely the final public meeting of a committee that spent 1 year and 8 months investigating the unprecedented attempt to stop the peaceful transfer of power by Trump‘s backers, inspired by his claims that his 2020 polls loss to President Joe Biden was the outcome of widespread scam.
“If we are to survive as a country and a nation of democracy and law, it can never happen next time,” Chairperson of the panel Bennie Thompson said. Thompson criticized Trump for undermining faith in a democratic setup and added that he (Trump) broke the faith in democracy.
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Donald Trump already launched a drive to seek his party nomination to run for the White House by 2024. Five people, including a police official, were killed and more than 140 police officers were injured after the incident.
The former President has rejected the many probs he faces as politically motivated and said that the committee is biased.
