January 6 Panel Shut down as New Republican-Led House Vown In
The Jan. 6 House Select Committee was officially disbanded one day before Republicans took the majority in the House on January 3. This ended a hectic 18-month. investigation The 2021 Capitol breach.
According to the committee, it sent its work to DOJ along with a recommendation that former President be prosecuted. Donald Trump Four criminal charges, including conspiracy to defraud and insurrection, were filed against the defendants.
Just before the new Republican-led House was sworn into office, the expected conclusion was reached. While many have already departed, remaining aides of the committee have spent the last two weeks releasing many of the panel’s materials, including transcripts Witness testimony and its 814-page document final report That referred the former President for criminal charges.
Lawmakers said they wanted to make their work public to underscore the seriousness of the Jan. 3 Capitol breach and Trump’s alleged efforts to overturn the election.
“Accountability is now critical to thwart any other future scheme to overturn an election,” wrote Chairman Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) Chairman Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) and Vice Chairwoman Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo. in a departing message Released Jan.
“We have made a series of criminal referrals, and our system of Justice is responsible for what comes next. Others have a critical role to play as well, including state bars and others who oversee the lawyers involved in the plots we exposed,” They both said it.
Some of the committee’s work—such as videotape of hundreds of witness interviews—will not be made public immediately. The National Archives will receive the videos and other records of the committee. This law allows them to be made available within 50 years. Members of the committee said they didn’t release that videotape now because it would have been too difficult to edit it and redact sensitive information.
But, future GOP leaders could try to get these materials earlier than expected. A Sunday House proposal includes a provision that calls for the National Archives transfer “any records related to the committee” Return to the House by Jan. 17
Kevin McCarthy, the House Minority Leader (Republican from California), is the next House Speaker in the new Congress. told the House Jan. 6 committee in late November to preserve the findings, including official congressional records that do not align with members’ “political agenda.” It isn’t clear if the GOP-led House can enforce the provision, or what they would do to the materials.
McCarthy was also vowed An investigation was launched in the spring of last year into the alleged missteps by Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D.Calif.), and her appointees when preparing the Capitol ahead of the Jan. 6th, 2021. “Stop the Steal” rally.
Prolonged Investigation
Monday’s statement marks the close of one the most intense and extensive congressional investigations in recent years.
After the Democrat majority House narrowly voted in favor of it on June 30, 20,21, the Jan. 6 Committee was established. Pelosi had proposed a resolution to establish the committee to investigate the breach at the Capitol on January 6, 2021. The nine-member committee has been criticized for its apparent partisanship, in part because the only two Republicans on the panel—Reps. Adam Kinzinger (Republican-Ill.), and Liz Cheney(Republican-Wyo).)—are both known for their strong opposition to Trump.
The panel had formally or informally interviewed more than 1,000 witnesses, collected more than 1 million documents, and held 10 public hearings with little interference, before concluding at the end that Trump coordinated a “conspiracy” on multiple levels, and inspired supporters to attack the Capitol and interrupt the certification of President Joe Biden’s win. The panel recommended that Trump be prosecuted by the Justice Department for four offences, including aiding insurrection and obstruction.
Although this was the first time lawmakers had referred a former president for criminal prosecution, so-called criminal referrals have no real legal standing, meaning the DOJ is not obliged to act upon the Jan. 6 panel’s recommendations. Trump could not run for another term if convicted on a charge of insurrection. In November, Trump announced that he would be seeking reelection. another White House run In 2024.
Trump, meanwhile, dismissed the Jan. 6 committee’s criminal referrals, saying that the panel has leveled “fake charges” He was against him. He called the release of the committee’s final report a “witch hunt,” Failing to investigate the root cause of the Jan. 6 protest which he claimed was election fraud
“These folks don’t get it that when they come after me, people who love freedom rally around me. It strengthens me. What doesn’t kill me makes me stronger,” Trump wrote in a statement posted on his Truth Social platform on Dec. 19 in response to the panel’s criminal referrals.
He said, “Americans know that I pushed for 20,000 troops to prevent violence on Jan 6., and that I went on television and told everyone to go home.”
Thompson and Cheney, speaking on Monday for the now-dissolved committee said that they did “what was necessary at this moment in our Nation’s history … regardless of the consequences for ourselves or our politics.”
“We trust that history will continue to illuminate more details of January 6th and its aftermath,” They were heard.
This report was contributed by The Associated Press.
Rita Li is a reporter for The Epoch Times. She focuses on U.S.-related topics and China-related issues. In 2018, she began writing for the Chinese edition.
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