BREAKING: January 6 Committee to Issue Criminal Referrals
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BREAKING: January 6 Committee to Issue Criminal Referrals
“Representative Bennie Thompson of Mississippi, the Democratic chairman of the committee, told reporters on Capitol Hill that the panel had agreed to take the step, but had not agreed on who would be the subject of the referrals,” the New York Times reported.
“The decision of whether to issue criminal referrals has loomed large over the committee. Members on the panel have been in wide agreement that former President Donald Trump and some of his closest allies have committed a crime when he pushed a conspiracy to prevent the peaceful transfer of power, as they’ve laid out in their hearings,” CNN reported. “But they have long been split over what to do about it, including whether to make a criminal referral of Trump to the Justice Department.”
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Latest in Post-January 6 Action
As GoLocal reported in December 2021:
A Rhode Island man has been charged by the U.S. Department of Justice for assaulting law enforcement with a dangerous weapon and other crimes related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol on January 6, which disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress that was in the process of ascertaining and counting the electoral votes related to the presidential election.
According to the Justice Department, Timothy Desjardins, 35, of Providence, is charged with engaging in physical violence in a restricted building or grounds, civil disorder, and assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers with a dangerous weapon, among other charges. The criminal complaint was unsealed Monday in the District of Columbia.