The House special committee investigating the January 6, 2021, assault on Capitol Hill unanimously approved Monday to request the indictment of former President Donald Trump on three felonies: inciting or aiding an insurrection, obstruction of an official congressional proceeding, conspiracy to deceive the State, and conspiracy to give false testimony.
The commission has voted in a final public session on whether to file criminal charges based on a lengthy investigation. However, the commission’s final report will not be released until next Wednesday.
The commission is made up of eight members of the House of Representatives — six of them Democrats — and investigates the storming of the Capitol by Trump supporters during the protocol confirmation of Joe Biden’s victory in the November 2020 election.
The request will now be transferred to the Justice Department, which is also investigating Trump in parallel for his involvement in those incidents, which resulted in the deaths of five people. Four more committed suicide after the events.
The approval of this recommendation has no concrete judicial effects, but it is a historic milestone because it is the first time that Congress has requested the indictment of a former president.
Source: (EUROPA PRESS)
