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A us congress committee says donald trump should face criminal charges — including insurrection — over the january 6th riot. donald trump claims it�*s a "partisan attempt" to stop him running for re—election. the disgraced hollywood film producer, harvey weinstein, is found guilty of rape and sexual assault in a second sex crimes trial. he faces a further 2a years in jail. more now on one of those stories. the us committee investigating the assault on capitol hill on january the 6th last...

Investigation. they say one specific instance of that has already been recommended to the u.s. justice department. but what so often describe today, what is in the introduction to the report that they released today implies that people on the trump side, members of the trump team have repeatedly been inducing witnesses to lie, inducing witnesses to withhold information using veiled threats, promises, and even money, offering employment, offering to make one witness financially very comfortable. ...

Have repeatedly been inducing witnesses to lie, inducing witnessing to withhold information, using veiled threats, promises and even money offering employment, offering to make one witness financially very comfortable, also providing lawyers for these witnesses. lawyers who then seem to be acting in trumps interest and not in the interest of these clients. so theres a lot of discussion. this has happened at some of their public meetings today and public hearings. its certainly documented this to...

Allegations of obstruction and witness tampering but not acting on them. >> you heard the congressman say, yes, that is something we thought was interesting, alex. >> and we think doj should look into it. >> in the report they say that the justice department is investigating the conduct of counsel for certain witnesses whose fees are being paid by president trumps pac in the mar-a-lago investigation so the doj is examining this line of witness tampering, if you will, but i do have to say for peo...

Instruction by officeholders as automatic grounds for disqualification from ever holding public office again at the federal or state level. anyone who incites others tuned gauge in rebelling, assist them in doing so, or gives aid and comfort to those engaged in an insurrection is guilty of a federal crime. >> thats what this 18 month investigation has led up to. a referral to the u. s. justice department of the former president of the united states for potential felony federal prosecution on for...

Beyond a reasonable doubt. and thats a higher standard. so we wont see the justice department charge everything that is listed here. but there are essential threads here and relatively simple offenses here. the first two they emphasized, what the judge in california found was likely committed by trump and eastman. conspiracy to defraud the united states and obstruction of a congressional proceeding. and those both critically, the intent piece of it, really turns on donald trumps intent. and the ...

Eastman, the intellectual genius behind the unconstitutional theory that vice president pence could overturn the election, he responded as well. >> thats right. we know that the committee has referred eastman on two counts. they are asking the department of justice to investigate the potential breach of two criminal statutes. one is obstruction of an official proceeding. the other is conspiracy to defraud the united states. this is largely symbolic. of course, weve heard from eastman. hes lashin...

Witnesses to lie, inducing witnessing to withhold information, using veiled threats, promises and even money offering employment, offering to make one witness financially very comfortable, also providing lawyers for these witnesses. lawyers who then seem to be acting in trumps interest and not in the interest of these clients. so theres a lot of discussion. this has happened at some of their public meetings today and public hearings. its certainly documented this todays written report. there see...

Knew it. in the end he summoned a mob to washington and knowingly they were armed and angry pointing them to the capitol and told them to fight like hell. >> reporter: laying out its case that former president donald trump was ultimately responsible for the attack on the u.s. capitol. >> no man would behave that way at that moment in time can ever serve in any position of authority in our nation again. he is unfit for any office. >> reporter: the committee referring four crimes to the justice de...

Direct link of evidence, they would have been accused of overcharging. instead what they present is something thats restrained, the obstruction of an official proceeding is a 20-year felony. same as seditious conspiracy. i dont think theyre giving anything up. the one thing they did include that surprised me and is an aggressive charge is inciting insurrection. i always framed that in the view of the january 6th speech on the ellipse, and i thought that was probably a bridge too far, only becaus...