The United States House of Representatives committee that iInvestigate the January 6, 2021 assault on the Capitol has confirmed that former President Donald Trump could be charged with inciting insurrection during that day.
The vice president of the commission, Liz Cheney, has indicated that she has not ruled out the possibility of recommending their imputation to the Public Prosecutor’s Office. “We will make a decision in this regard,” he asserted before qualifying that “it is possible” that criminal charges be imposed against the president, according to the ABC television network.
However, he has clarified that it is not even necessary for the Department of Justice to wait for the conclusions of the commission to propose this indictment. His words come after former White House adviser Cassidy Hutchinson confirmed that Trump was angry when the Secret Service told him that he could not “accompany the protesters” during the assault.
For his part, Republican Congressman Adam Kinzinger, who is also part of the commission, has indicated that Hutchinson’s testimony “has been inspired by that of many others” and has caused others to ask to testify.
“Every day there are people who want to talk,” he asserted. Hutchinson has claimed that Trump pounced on Secret Service agent Bobby Engel in an attempt to seize the wheel of the vehicle in which he was transferred that January 6 when he was notified that they were heading to the West Wing of the White House and not to the Capitol.
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Since then, his testimony has been questioned by several Trump allies, while the Secret Service itself has indicated in statements to CNN that have “circulated stories” about the incident, including details similar to those described by the policy.
“She says this is what she heard happened. At no time has she said that she was there or that she saw that happen, “ Kinzinger has pointed out, who has recalled that for the moment no one has denied that Trump wanted to travel to the United States Congress that day.
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Eddie is an Australian news reporter with over 9 years in the industry and has published on Forbes and tech crunch.