Shiftless2
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Regardless of the outcome, this deserves it's own thread
s sure as the sun rises in the east, on Monday afternoon the House Jan. 6 committee will today refer former President Donald Trump to the Justice Department for criminal prosecution. The open questions are: On which charges, and who else will be referred?
Prosecutors and the committee, even as parts of different branches of government, share the mission of strengthening the rule of law. Prosecutors do it by charging and convicting those who violate criminal statutes. The committee's principal task has been to marshal and present evidence that educates the American people about Trump's role as the central actor in the conspiracy to end our democracy.
It has succeeded.
Even as Republicans hammered the issues of inflation and crime during the November midterms, post-election polls showed that 44% of voters ranked democracy as their No. 1 concern.
The committee gets the lion's share of credit for that; its televised hearings captured the country's attention this summer, and shifted the narrative about Trump's involvement and culpability. Trump's multi-pronged efforts to unlawfully stay in power are sure to be front and center at Monday's hearing.
Over at the Justice Department, newly-appointed special counsel Jack Smith will care more about the committee's evidence — expected to be released Wednesday, with its report — than about the referrals themselves.
Smith will be especially interested in new evidence that ....
www.salon.com
Criminal referral for Trump is coming — but it's the Jan. 6 evidence that matters
Jan. 6 committee will make history by recommending Trump's prosecution — but Jack Smith will need hard evidence
By DENNIS AFTERGUT
As sure as the sun rises in the east, on Monday afternoon the House Jan. 6 committee will today refer former President Donald Trump to the Justice Department for criminal prosecution. The open questions are: On which charges, and who else will be referred?
Prosecutors and the committee, even as parts of different branches of government, share the mission of strengthening the rule of law. Prosecutors do it by charging and convicting those who violate criminal statutes. The committee's principal task has been to marshal and present evidence that educates the American people about Trump's role as the central actor in the conspiracy to end our democracy.
It has succeeded.
Even as Republicans hammered the issues of inflation and crime during the November midterms, post-election polls showed that 44% of voters ranked democracy as their No. 1 concern.
The committee gets the lion's share of credit for that; its televised hearings captured the country's attention this summer, and shifted the narrative about Trump's involvement and culpability. Trump's multi-pronged efforts to unlawfully stay in power are sure to be front and center at Monday's hearing.
Over at the Justice Department, newly-appointed special counsel Jack Smith will care more about the committee's evidence — expected to be released Wednesday, with its report — than about the referrals themselves.
Smith will be especially interested in new evidence that ....
Criminal referral is coming — but Jack Smith needs hard evidence
Jan. 6 committee will make history by recommending Trump's prosecution — but Jack Smith will need hard evidence
www.salon.com
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