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Jan. 6 committee’s criminal referral of a former president is a first in US history

Members of the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol hold their last public hearing in the Canon House Office Building on Capitol Hill on Monday, Dec. 19, 2022, in Washington, D.C. The committee is expected to approve its final report and vote on referring charges to the Justice Department.

WASHINGTON — In an unprecedented step in American history, the House panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol unanimously recommended Monday that former President Donald Trump be criminally prosecuted for insurrection, obstruction of an official proceeding of Congress, knowingly and willfully making materially false statements to the federal government and conspiracy to defraud the United States.

The referrals for Trump and others in his orbit are nonbinding recommendations and cannot compel the Justice Department to act. But they show the committee believes it has gathered sufficient evidence to prove Trump provided “aid

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