On Thursday the House Select Committee charged with investigating the January 6th 2021, attack on the Capitol announced their final meeting would be held on December 19th 2022.
Days prior to the announcement NPR reported that “according to sources familiar with the panel’s proceedings,” the Committee was expected to release their final report the week of December 19.
Even money is on Wednesday the 21st as the drop day.
It’s also being reported that the Committee plans to make criminal referrals to the Department of Justice, including, but not limited to, Twice Impeached 45.
Politico explained on 12/16/2022: The report that the select panel is expected to consider on Monday afternoon, described to POLITICO by two people familiar with its contents, reflects some recommendations from a subcommittee that evaluated potential criminal referrals. Among the charges that subcommittee proposes for Trump: 18 U.S.C. 2383, insurrection; 18 U.S.C. 1512(c), obstruction of an official proceeding; and 18 U.S.C. 371, conspiracy to defraud the United States government.
The article goes on to say what is expected in the report; The enormous cache of evidence the panel plans to release next week, including transcripts of over 1,000 witness interviews, could prove to be an even more significant development by helping federal prosecutors determine which leads to track and which witnesses may have committed crimes themselves.
I would like to stress that the criminal referrals, if approved by the Committee this afternoon, are largely a symbolic gesture, as the Department of Justice is under no legal obligation to pursue criminal referrals sent by Congress. However, if approved, those criminal referrals will provide historical context for the events leading up to the insurrection that took place on January 6th, 2021.
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