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Done. today is a business meeting. and there is two key items on agenda. the first is as you noted, the question of a criminal referral. who does the committee believe after this investigation should be held criminally responsible for what happened. theyre going to make recommendations to the justice department, we expect at the top of the list will be former president trump. they are expected to recommend that he be charged for three different crimes, including insurrection, obstruction of an o...

Can they prove obstruction of a congressional proceeding? >> to dons point, important to view it through all that is happening to trump this week. this is not the only thing. hes got all these other investigations weve been covering. lawmakers have his tax returns. all of that when we look at a broader scope, what does it mean for someone like trump who is not just a former president but is also running again. >> it puts the focus on him. i believe the weighs and means committee is also planning...

Important to note that they could do other kind of referrals as well. including referrals to bar associations for lawyers who may have done things that were unethical or potentially illegal. the committee has detailed some lawyers at the center of the former presidents inner circle. people like rudy giuliani, mitchell and others who we talked about in realtime and during the course of these hearings for the roles they were playing in continuing to push these false slates of electors strategies, ...

With at least three crimes, insurrection, obstruction of an official proceeding and conspiracy to defraud the federal government. but there is much more to this. after todays meeting, committee will release a summary of the investigation with the full report to be unveiled on wednesday. so lets get started with paula reid live on capitol hill for us at this hour. paula, what are we expected to see today? >> this is a historic day on capitol hill. this is going to be a little bit different than t...

Against the authority of the united states, so it will be interesting to see whether the jury regards this case differently. the text messages of course will be different from this case to the prior case which is really, i think, the key evidence in these cases to proving intent. >> and barbara, of course all eyes on capitol hill today for the january 6th meeting publicly for the final time. what will you be looking for? >> well, ill be curious to hear about these criminal referrals. you know, i...

Fraud lies which incited his supporters to violence on january 6. he continues to repeat his meritless claim that the election was stolen, even today, and continues to erode our most cherished and shared belief in free and fair elections. mr. chairman, i yield back. >> the gentlewoman yields back. the chair recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. schiff, for an opening statement. >> thank you, mr. chairman, building on his constant repetition of the big lie, president trump engaged in the ...

So what will merrick garland and the committee do. katelyn polantz is looking into this. what more do you know about the criminal referrals as we know right now and where the justice department picks up from here? >> well, kate, we have these three possible criminal referrals on donald trump that have already been pretty sketched out by our own reporting, obstruction of a congressional proceeding, so that is the disinformation campaign, getting these rioters to want to obstruct congress. that is...

Said, look what happened to the oath keepers. they were guilty. take a look at that, d.o.j. >> yes, can i echo frank real quick? i think you make an important point. i want to remind viewers, we just got this huge criminal referral news and we also got over 100 pages of the supplemental material and a road map and the supporting material is part of that. and to echo frank, the fancy lawyer lingo, arguing the alternative, i would say they are saying donald trump is a criminal, is a thug, in more ...

Congressman Adam Schiff announced Sunday that the House Select Committee Investigating January 6 had accumulated “sufficient evidence” to criminally refer... 19.12.2022, Sputnik International

Wasnt trying to disrupt an official meeting of congress? is there anybody who thinks that is not what he was doing? thats one of the things that they referred to the justice department. >> he wanted to go up on capitol hill. what was he going to do up there? >> well, he didnt want them to certify the election. this has all been laid out. so the idea that, yeah, thats divisive to hold the person accountable that caused this, its absurd. >> theres no doubt that theres a difference in terms of the ...