A committee is to investigate the events of the storming of the US Capitol on January 6, 2021 and Donald Trump’s involvement in it.
- Ex-President in focus: A committee of the Congress of United States explores the role that donald trump played in the storming of the Capitol on January 6th.
- Criticism of the committee: A CNN journalist accuses the investigative committee of withholding information.
- US Rep. Adam Schiff: The Justice Department must do “its own investigations,” Democrat Adam Schiff defended the special committee on January 6th.
Update from Monday, June 20th, 8:00 p.m.: The US Capitol Storming Committee has reserved a subpoena for former Vice President Mike Pence. “We are not excluding anyone or anything at this point,” committee member Adam Schiff told CNN on Sunday when asked if there was a possibility Pence would be subpoenaed. “We’re not taking anything off the table as far as the witnesses who haven’t testified yet,” the Democrat said. There are several “high-ranking personalities” that the committee of inquiry would like to interview. Schiff did not name names.
“Why are you protecting Donald Trump?” – Criticism of the Committee on the Capitol Storm
First report from June 20th: Washington DC – When an angry mob of supporters of then US President Donald J. Trump stormed the cradle of American democracy on January 6, 2021, the western world was shocked. To date, it has been arguably the most memorable of many questionable events in the former reality TV star’s presidency. Now the investigative committee is accused of withholding information that could legally incriminate Trump.
Dana Bash of the news network CNN confronted Congressman Adam Schiff about why the committee has not yet released all of its information to the Justice Department – when the goal is to start a legal process against the former US President.
USA: Media questions committee “Why didn’t they (…) hand over everything they asked for?”
On Sunday’s State of the Union, Schiff and Bash discussed the committee’s three previous hearings and the revelations made during those sessions about the Capitol storming. When Bash brought up the subject of how much evidence the committee turned over to the Justice Department, she asked the congressman the obvious question.
“What will come of it?” Bash asked, adding, “Will the Justice Department file charges? Why haven’t you given the Justice Department everything they’re asking for — and they say they need to possibly do that?”
- The next dates of the public hearings in the investigative committee
- Tuesday, June 21, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. (CEST)
- Thursday, June 23, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. (CEST)
“I don’t think Congress has ever done that,” Schiff replied. “Congress never says, ‘Hey Justice Department, other branches of government, just come and look at our files.’ We don’t say, ‘We want to go over there and look through your files’. When the Justice Department asks for specific things, we work with them, and we will work with them on this as well.”
US – Department of Justice without investigation: “Why don’t they help you?”
In the past, Schiff has questioned why the Justice Department hasn’t already announced prosecutions against Trump’s allies, saying that “they need to conduct their own investigations” into Donald Trump’s potential involvement in efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Schiff did not see any indication that the Justice Department had opened an investigation into Trump, prompting Bash to remark: “You have criticized the Justice Department for being slow to move. If they have done so much work, why don’t they help them?”
- The most important witnesses of the investigative committee
- Pat Cipollone – Former Presidential Advisor to Trump’s administration
- Richard Donoghue – former Justice Department official
- Caroline Edwards – Officer of the US Capitol Police
- Steve Engel – Former Justice Department Attorney
- Benjamin Ginsberg – GOP Election Advocate
- Cassidy Hutchinson – Advisor to Trump’s White House
- Greg Jacob – Former General Counsel of Mike Pence
- Michael Luttig – Conservative attorney and former judge
- Byung J. Pak – Former US Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia
- Nick Quested – British filmmaker who documented the Proud Boys
- Brad Raffensperger – Secretary of State of Georgia
- Jeff Rosen – Former Assistant Attorney General
- Al Schmidt – Former City Commissioner of Philadelphia
- Marc Short – Former Chief of Staff to Mike Pence
- Bill Stepien – Former Donald Trump campaign manager
- Gabriel Sterling – Georgia State Electoral Officer
- Chris Stirewalt – Former CEO of FoxNews
“We will certainly help them,” said Schiff. “We want them to know exactly what they are asking for and we intend to release our findings in full detail once our investigation is complete. We also have a job to do, and we’re doing it, and we’re doing it in line with the way our agency and the executive have worked to date.” (lz)
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