New Report Claims Jan. 6th Committee Has “Aggressively” Shifted Their Focus To Potential Criminal Conspiracy Charges Against Trump And Republican Lawmakers

House Republicans were in on it.


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The Guardian reports that messages between former chief of staff Mark Meadows and others suggest that the Trump White House coordinated efforts to stop Joe Biden’s certification after winning the November 2020 election. That could be why Rep. Liz Cheney, who serves as the vice chairwoman of the select committee, suggested last month that the door was open to a criminal referral for former President Donald Trump over his actions during the deadly January 6 Capitol riot.

Hugh Lowell reports that the House select committee investigating the deadly Capitol attack is looking into whether Trump oversaw a criminal conspiracy on January 6 of last year that connected the White House’s scheme to stop Joe Biden’s certification with the insurrection.

“The committee’s new focus on the potential for a conspiracy marks an aggressive escalation in its inquiry as it confronts evidence that suggests the former president potentially engaged in criminal conduct egregious enough to warrant a referral to the justice department,” the outlet reports.

“House investigators are interested in whether Trump oversaw a criminal conspiracy after communications turned over by Trump’s former chief of staff Mark Meadows and others suggested the White House coordinated efforts to stop Biden’s certification, the sources said,” the report continues.

Some House Republicans were in on it, too.

“The select committee has several thousand messages, among which include some that suggest the Trump White House briefed a number of House Republicans on its plan for then-vice president Mike Pence to abuse his ceremonial role and not certify Biden’s win, the sources said,” The Guardian reports.

“The fact that the select committee has messages suggesting the Trump White House directed Republican members of Congress to execute a scheme to stop Biden’s certification is significant as it could give rise to the panel considering referrals for potential crimes, the sources said,” the report states.

The outlet reports that according to sources, the House select committee believes that the twice-impeached one-term President may be culpable for an obstruction charge given that he failed for several hours to intervene to stop the violence at the Capitol perpetrated by his supporters in his name.

“But the select committee is also looking at whether Trump oversaw an unlawful conspiracy that involved coordination between the “political elements” of the White House plan communicated to Republican lawmakers and extremist groups that stormed the Capitol, the report adds.

I’m sure there will be another gaslighting temper tantrum coming on aisle 45 today. Regardless, it sounds like another shoe is about to drop. Perhaps quite a few shoes.

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