The House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol will make criminal referrals to the Department of Justice.
PUBLISHED 12:39 PM EST Dec. 06, 2022The House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol will make criminal referrals to the Department of Justice, committee chairman Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., told reporters on Tuesday. The House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection at the U.S.
Speaking to reporters on Capitol Hill, Thompson said the committee has “made decisions on criminal referrals,” but declined to comment on which witnesses or other individuals might be referred to the Justice Department. Thompson Thompson in mid-November created a four-person subcommittee to examine possible criminal and civil referrals, made up of Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., and Adam Schiff, D-Calif, the latter three of whom are all lawyers.
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