Capitol attack panel investigates Trump over potential criminal conspiracy
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🚨🚨🚨The 1/6 Committee is examining whether Donald Trump oversaw a criminal conspiracy on 1/6 that connected the WHs scheme to stop Joe Bidens certification with the insurrection, say two senior sources familiar.
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Capitol attack panel investigates Trump over potential criminal conspiracy
Messages between Mark Meadows and others suggest the Trump White House coordinated efforts to stop Joe Bidens certification
theguardian.com
10:39 AM · Jan 8, 2022
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jan/08/capitol-attack-committee-donald-trump-white-house-stop-biden-win
The House select committee investigating the Capitol attack is examining whether Donald Trump oversaw a criminal conspiracy on 6 January that connected the White Houses scheme to stop Joe Bidens certification with the insurrection, say two senior sources familiar with the matter.
Though Biden never mentioned Trump by name, he was explicit in blaming the former president for fomenting the violence of a year ago.
The committees new focus on the potential for a conspiracy marks an aggressive escalation in its inquiry as it confronts evidence that suggests the former president potentially engaged in criminal conduct egregious enough to warrant a referral to the justice department.
House investigators are interested in whether Trump oversaw a criminal conspiracy after communications turned over by Trumps former chief of staff Mark Meadows and others suggested the White House coordinated efforts to stop Bidens certification, the sources said.
The select committee has several thousand messages, among which include some that suggest the Trump White House briefed a number of House Republicans on its plan for then-vice president Mike Pence to abuse his ceremonial role and not certify Bidens win, the sources said.
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