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This is someone who in multiple ways tried to pressure state officials to find votes that didnt exist. this is someone who tried to interfere with a joint session, even inciting a mob to attack the capitol. if thats not criminal, then i dont know what is. >> so youre going to vote yes on insurrection -- on referring insurrection, obstruction of an official proceeding and conspiracy to defraud the federal government, all three? >> i cant comment on what referrals were going to make. we will have ...

Its absolutely clear that what president trump was doing, what a number of people around him were doing, that they knew it was unlawful. they did it anyway. >> i think the facts support a potential charge against the former president. >> i think hes guilty of a crime. >> two republicans, one democratic on the january 6th select house committee, their last meeting is tomorrow. they wrap up their 18-month investigation and are expected to refer multiple criminal charges against donald trump to the...

Trump, obstruction of an official proceeding, conspiracy to defraud the united states and insurrection, how high is the bar for those charges na court of law? its one thing for congress to recommend these charges, but its another thing for prosecutors to pursue them. right, jim. the legal textbooks say in order to indict a case all you need to do is show probable cause. real prosecutors have guidance, including at doj, never charge a case unless you believe you have proof beyond a reasonable dou...

The government, by the way, youll recall, spent months trying to retrieve records from trump before the fbi conducted search mar-a-lago to discover dozens of documents -- in its search warrant, the espionage warrant, obstruction, and concealing a destroying government documents as the basic fourth of instigations. these, all of, these are the main investigations that we are going to continue to keep our eyes on. joining me now is andrew weissmann, the former chief of the criminal fraud section o...

Hold its final hearing when it is expected to announce its decision on like to slated recommendation and criminal referrals. according to msnbc sources, the committee has not made any final decisions yet. they are actively considering recommending three criminal charges against a trump. one for conspiracy to defraud the government. one from obstruction of a official proceeding in congress. a third for inciting an insurrection. the january six committee is just an investigative group. whatever re...

Official proceeding, conspiracy to defy the government, inciting or assisting an insurrection. nbc news has learned this information. the committee also discussed dr. john eastmans involvement in the conspiracy to overturn the election results related to obstruction of proceeding. were going to have more on this breaking news at the top of the hour. thank you very, much everyone. all right, in todays simona spotlight, we are making a turn. we are going to talk to after morris chestnut. he is an ...

A source tells cnn members are set to vote on referring at least three criminal charges to the justice department against donald trump including insurrection, obstruction of an official proceeding and conspiracy to defraud the federal government. joining us now, a member of the january 6th committee, the current chairman of the house intelligence committee, adam schiff. thank you so much for being here. appreciate it. youre a former federal prosecutor before you became a member of congress. do y...

That he committed and even committed crimes themselves. those individuals should be put on trial before america and as i said before we should accept the results of that trial even if they are conviction with which leads donald trump to serve time in prison. >> what would that charge be? do you think? >> obviously i believe that hes guilty of obstruction. and i do believe that he along with members of his administration and his allies engaged in effort to defraud the american people. by lying ab...

This is a national team that really has been able to capture the spirits of this nation. there are 45 million argentinians in lob with their national football team. its been years of suffering, years of defeat, an now, finally, messi was able to dot trick and by leading the national team to the victory against france, was able to let the party commence here in buenos aires. jim? >> all right. congrats to argentina and to stefano for getting through the report. after 18 months of investigating ...

Think there may be evidence because we want to focus on those for which we believe theres the strongest evidence. >> i know you cant speak for the whole committee. im talking about how you personally are going to vote. >> im happy to share my personal views. >> do you think he committed insurrection, obstruction of an official proceeding and conspiracy to defraud the federal government? >> i dont want to tell graph too much of what were considering. >> okay. >> but i will say that i think the pr...