China News Service, June 14 (Xinhua) According to comprehensive US media news, on the 12th local time, members of the US Congressional committee responsible for investigating the riots in the Capitol on January 6, 2021 said there was enough evidence for the Department of Justice to try to investigate former President Trump. Criminal charges for overturning the 2020 election result.
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The committee reportedly launched a series of public hearings on June 9.
Video of testimony from prominent Trump administration figures was shown at the June 9 hearing, along with some of Trump's inflammatory speeches before the riots.
Members of the hearing laid out their arguments against Trump, showing how he stood by his claim that the election was rigged, despite the opinions of several advisers, and how he was stepping up a plan to overturn a Biden victory.
On the other hand, Trump issued a 12-page statement on the 13th local time, refuting the evidence provided by the committee, continuing to insist that the 2020 election was "rigged" and accusing Democrats of trying to divert the public from a series of domestic attention to the problem.
More evidence will be revealed at this week's hearings, the report said, to prove that Trump and his advisers invested "tremendous efforts" to spread disinformation, pressure the Justice Department to accept his false claims, and urged then-Vice President Mike Pence January 6, 2021 Does not recognize state electoral votes and blocks confirmation of election results.
The report pointed out that Democratic lawmakers said that although they did not intend to "threaten" Attorney General Garland, the committee has begun to sort out the criminal regulations that Trump may have violated.
Garland said on the 13th that he will watch all hearings.
In addition, the question of whether to indict Trump has begun to spark serious discussions among senior Justice Department officials, although there is no indication that Trump is currently the target of an investigation, the sources said.
On January 6, 2021, some Trump supporters gathered on Capitol Hill in Washington and forced their way into the Capitol in an attempt to prevent a joint session of the U.S. Congress from confirming the newly elected president of the United States.
The riots killed five people, including a congressman, and injured about 140 law enforcement officers.