Former President Donald Trump arrives for a rally on April 2, 2022 near Washington, Michigan.
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The House committee investigating the attack on the US Capitol on January 6, 2021 has enough evidence to indict President Donald Trump on a criminal charge, Representative Liz Cheney, R-Wyo.said on Sunday.
“It’s clear what President Trump is doing. What some people around him are doing. They know it’s against the law. They’re doing it anyway,” said Cheney, vice president and one of two. Republican member of the committee, told CNN’s “State of the Union” when asked by host Jake Tapper if they had enough evidence to make a criminal referral to the former president. Cheney added that the board has not yet made a decision on continuing with the referrer.
Her comment came after New York Times reported that the committee had concluded it had enough evidence to issue a criminal referral but its leaders were divided over whether to do so.
“I think what we’ve seen is a huge, well-organized and well-planned effort that used a variety of tools to try to overturn an election,” Cheney said. The committee had “a lot of testimonies and documents that I think very, very clearly demonstrate the extent of the planning and the organization and the goals.”
Cheney added, “The goal is purely to try to stop that kind of electoral vote, to try to interfere with that official process. And they clearly know what they’re doing is wrong.”
She was referring to the ruling on a civil lawsuit involving the commission last month in which a federal judge found that based on evidence, Trump was likely “attempting to obstruct the joint session of Congress.” assembly” on the day of the attack, it would be a crime.
“The illegality of the plan is obvious,” wrote US Judge David Carter of Trump and his attorney John Eastman for then-Vice President Mike Pence to determine the outcome of the 2020 election. “Every American – and certainly the president of the United States – knows that in a democracy leaders are elected, not installed. With this one ‘BOLD’ plan, President Trump has deliberately subverting this fundamental principle.”
January 6 Dashboard done similar allegation in a court filing last month, said it had “honest grounds to conclude that the President and members of his Campaign engaged in a criminal conspiracy to defraud the United States of America.” “
Trump has not been charged and has denied any wrongdoing.
