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    Commentary: There is a gap in the evidence we've seen against Trump. We have to rely on the DOJ to fill it

    by Harry Litman, Los Angeles Times Jul 21, 2022 3 minutes
    Cassidy Hutchinson, a top former aide to Trump White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, is sworn-in as she testifies during the sixth hearing by the House Select Committee on the Jan. 6 insurrection in the Cannon House Office Building on June 28, 2022, in Washington, DC.

    The criticism of the Department of Justice continues to grow: Detractors see the department as too far behind the Jan. 6 committee. They want to know why Attorney General Merrick Garland and the Justice Department have yet to come forward with a serious criminal charge against Donald Trump.

    These gloomy observations miss at least one crucial point: There is a gap in the committee's development of the Jan. 6 evidence for the most serious yet fitting charge against Trump. And it seems likely that only the Justice Department can fill it.

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