US Capitol riot panel to vote on Trump criminal charges

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Lawmakers investigating last year's deadly assault on the US Capitol are set to vote at their final public meeting on whether to recommend criminal charges.

Donald Trump spoke to supporters near the White House on January 6, 2021. Some would go on to ransack the US Capitol.WASHINGTON - Lawmakers investigating last year's deadly assault on the US Capitol are set to vote at their final public meeting Monday on whether to recommend criminal charges against former president Donald Trump.

At least five people died after a mob whipped up by Trump's false claims of a stolen election and directed to march on Congress by the defeated president ransacked the seat of US democracy in a thwarted bid to prevent the transfer of power to President Joe Biden.The committee is expected to urge the Justice Department to pursue Trump on at least three charges related to the violence -- inciting an insurrection, obstructing an official proceeding and conspiring to defraud the United States.

Jack Smith, a largely independent special prosecutor appointed by Attorney General Merrick Garland, is leading his own investigation into Trump related to the 2020 election.

 

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