{"id":3372,"date":"2022-06-18T05:42:46","date_gmt":"2022-06-18T05:42:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yourtrueinfosource.com\/articles\/?p=3372"},"modified":"2022-06-28T05:44:28","modified_gmt":"2022-06-28T05:44:28","slug":"petition-tell-the-department-of-justice-to-prosecute-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yourtrueinfosource.com\/articles\/petition-tell-the-department-of-justice-to-prosecute-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Petition: Tell the Department of Justice to Prosecute Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ask the House January 6 committee to formally refer criminal charges against Donald Trump to the attorney general.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Dear MoveOn member,<\/p>\n

The January 6 select committee is outlining a\u00a0wide-ranging criminal conspiracy to sabotage the 2020 election, with Donald Trump at the center.<\/strong>1\u00a0<\/sup><\/div>\n
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But it seems there’s\u00a0still debate within the committee over what their next move should be after the hearings.<\/strong>\u00a0While the committee can investigate and share its evidence with the public, it does not have the power to prosecute, a power that sits with Attorney General Merrick Garland or state prosecutors.<\/div>\n
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Many have expected the committee to make a “criminal referral” after the hearings\u2014a formal, public statement to Attorney General Garland and other law enforcement officers with the recommendation that the Department of Justice prosecute Trump and his accomplices. However, the committee has not yet decided. On Monday, committee Chair Bennie Thompson told reporters that the committee would not be making a criminal referral, but other members of the committee have pushed back on this.2<\/sup>\u00a0Public outrage over Trump’s criminal conspiracy could show that we demand not only information but action!\u00a0<\/strong>The attorney general will make his own determination of the case, but\u00a0if the committee has found legal wrongdoing, they should say so explicitly by formally handing over their findings and conclusions for the Department of Justice to take action.<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The House committee investigating January 6 has amassed\u00a0a complete and damning case about Donald Trump’s wide conspiracy, which led to\u00a0the deadly insurrection. The committee should take one more step: Submit a criminal referral to Attorney General Merrick Garland.<\/p>\n