The chairman of the Special Committee on the Capitol Attack says it’s “not his job” to recommend charges, though ousted Republican Cheney says they haven’t made a decision yet
The explosive second public session of the U.S. Congressional Special Committee investigating everything that happened around the Capitol attack on January 6, 2021 showed then-President Donald Trump, long before his defeat in the November election to Joe Biden , already plotting a ‘b’ plan to stay in power, based on a campaign of spreading lies about alleged electoral fraud. The testimony of his inner circle, including members of his election campaign and his family, and even the then Attorney General himself, Bill Barr, showed with unanimous evidence that the New York magnate had been informed of his electoral defeat, and yet, chose to declare an alleged victory and start a campaign to prevent power transfer.
In the two hearings of this political trial that have been held to date and have been exceptionally well presented, the Commission has presented to Americans with great narrative efficiency the results of its investigation into the attempted coup d’état by Trump and his allies, which culminated in the storming of the Capitol. Commission Vice President Liz Cheney has often used the term “illegal” to describe the former president’s actions that constitute crimes of the state and against the Constitution.
Still, the Commission has expressed some disagreement in the face of mounting press pressure over the potential decision to have the Justice Department recommend criminal charges against Trump, which is exactly what is expected to emerge from this investigation. The response from its chairman, Bennie Thompson, to journalists on Monday, to whom he stated that recommending charges “isn’t the job of the Commission” but to investigate the facts and make recommendations only added to the confusion. to a large part of the public. skeptical that Trump will ever face criminal charges.
In addition, it seems to contradict the great expectation that has arisen after the massive evidence that has been made public by the Commission itself. However, the comment was rejected by other members of the panel, including Cheney — now rejected by Republicans for harshly criticizing their leader — who tweeted that the Commission has not yet decided whether to make recommendations. Under mounting public pressure on Trump to be charged with instigating a coup and other crimes, current Attorney General Merrick Garland has claimed to be following the Commission hearings, whose reports he hopes to have when the investigation is over. .
Garland expressed his desire on Monday for the Justice Department to investigate credible allegations of criminal activity by Trump. Still, the Attorney General, who has been in contact with the Commission, will have to wait like everyone else for all the results of the investigation jealously guarded by the panel.
Trump, for his part, responded Tuesday with a 12-page diatribe accusing Democrats of trying to divert the country’s attention from internal problems such as inflation and the price of gasoline. In that sense, he called Congress’ work in this case a “mockery of justice” and accused the special commission of “nullifying” its constitutional rights in a “parody of the process.” By the way, yes, he pushed forward the announcement of his next presidential candidacy.
Despite the fact that most of the evidence against him comes from the statements of his own Republican allies and members of his family, Trump lashed out at Democrats, once again repeating the lie that the 2020 election was rigged in Biden’s favor. Trying to explain why it was his own environment that had questioned his actions during those tense days, the former president claimed they were “subjected to hours of inquisition” as their lives were “turned upside down.” “They were silenced, threatened and sometimes ruined,” his complaint continued.
For his part, Rudy Giuliani, Donald Trump’s personal attorney in his final phase, criticized Liz Cheney for saying he was drunk on election night when he promoted the idea of proclaiming Trump’s victory, a fact confirmed by the testimony of several Republicans they analyzed that night the results for the former president. The truth is that whoever was the mayor of New York and a prominent representative of the party was promoting all of Trump’s conspiracies long before that election night.
Ivanka Trump, who also attended those meetings, revealed there was tension on election night after Fox News, Trump’s allied television network, declared before the trial that Biden had won the crucial state of Arizona.
Jared Kushner, also a presidential adviser, stated that he had diplomatically suggested to his father-in-law not to join Giuliani’s far-fetched conspiracies. Kushner, who took an online course to learn how to write his memoirs in the days before the attack, was on a flight back from Saudi Arabia on the day of the Capitol storming. During his trip, he got a juicy donation from the Saudis to a “ghost” investment fund, despite not reflecting solvency and having only Kushner as the sole investor.
Congress Monday revealed how the Trump family continued to fraudulently make money after losing the election based on massive fundraising from small donors across the country. In all, the Trump campaign has raised $250 million for a so-called election defense fund, which never existed and has been transferred to relatives of the tycoon through their organizations.
A fraud similar to that of presidential adviser and political strategist Steve Bannon with funds earmarked for the construction of the border wall, for which he was arrested and charged, although he was never tried after receiving Trump’s presidential pardon.
The issue of fraud against thousands of small donors has raised eyebrows among the American public. It will continue to do so as facts come to light such as that Kimberly Guilfoyle, Donald Trump Jr.’s girlfriend, received a $60,000 payment for just three minutes of introduction to the president in the Plaza de la Ellips concentration that preceded it. to the attack on the Capitol.
The Commission’s third public hearing, scheduled for Wednesday, was eventually postponed, apparently due to technical difficulties. The next meeting is next Thursday. A pause that gives the American public time to digest the results of this extraordinary historical investigation.
Source: La Verdad
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