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Investigating the january 6th attack on the capitol is expected to refer at least three criminal charges against donald trump and theyll be making those referrals to the justice department including among the charges insurrection. we will hear the panels final recommendations during its last hearing on monday. in a statement, a spokesman for trump criticized the committee, calling it a kangaroo court and saying the hearings are, quote, a stain on this countrys history, end quote. cnns annie gray...

Different charges, insurrection, conspiracy to just defraud, obstruction of a official proceeding, they think they have already proven those things. those are the three things theyve already proven. but this is kind of the last save, that congress is going to have on january 6th. we know republicans are not going to continue investigating in good faith what happened on that day, and so the political calculation is also about history. how do they say history here is the book, the document that is...

He was there at the center of the storm. we have recently seen a lot of email traffic back and forth between him and others. it suggests that he was, certainly, right there at the elbow of donald trump in orchestrating all of this. and then, it is, as we heard the reporting, it sounds like some of the charges are ones we have been talking about for a long time. like obstruction of official proceeding, and a conspiracy to defraud the united states. the new one we are hearing is a big one. it is i...

But then returned to active duty subsequently. the other officers faced malfeasance and obstruction. are you satisfied with the charges? lee, can you hear me? >> im sorry, yeah. i apologize. i was on mute. were not satisfied because this family has had to wait for over three years for any charges to go forward whatsoever, and during that process weve learned so much. we know there are federal investigations going on. were relieved that criminal charges are going forward, but its a long way befor...

Me former deputy airy deputy cistern general. also with us, well carry all, rmer acting u.s. solicitor general. what is your sense of the potential importance of criminal referrals that the committee might issue? >> well, lawrence, youve been talking about this major announcement from donald trump this morning, and i will just say theres a good chance that after these referrals that were gonna see a donald trump digital trading card convicting him behind bars, because i do think thats where this...

Transpired in the week after the 2020 election leading up to january 6th. the committee set to vote on which charges to recommend to the doj. that meeting set for monday now. well carry it live here on abc. but first, what weve already learned tonight, what these charges could include, and jonathan karl leading us off. >> reporter: after more than a year of closed-door investigations and dramatic public hearings, abc news has learned the january 6th committee plans to recommend criminal charges ...

Three criminal charges against him. >> i think members have become convinced that theres value in it. >> reporter: insurrection, obstruction of an official proceeding, and conspiracy to defraud the united states government. >> the central cause of january 6 was one man-- donald trump-- who many others followed. none of this would have happened without him. >> reporter: other key players who could be recommended for criminal prosecution include trumps former chief of staff, mark meadows and rudy ...

Bussing migrants to cities like phoenix, denver, dallas to get them to larger transportation hubs. trash cans and sanitation needs for all of the people out here right now. >> humanitarian crisis at the border. we had some breaking news for you now. a source confirms that the january 6th committee is considering referring donald trump to the justice department on at least two charges as first reported by politico. they include obstruction of an official proceeding and conspiracy to defraud the...

Its not the same biden that we had four years ago, five years ago, and further back. >> congressman kennedy, cnn has confirmed that the january 6th committee is considering asking the justice department, theyre going to vote on monday, on whether to pursue multiple charges against donald trump including obstruction of an official proceeding and conspiracy to defraud the federal government. youre a former attorney or maybe youre still licensed, i dont know. what do you make of these possible char...

The other -- from the other direction. but i think with respect to criminal referrals that they may make im looking mostly at thinking that theyll go towards obstruction, individuals that obstructed the congressional certification and obstruction of the congressional inquiry itself so i do wonder whether we will see maybe more contempt referrals or referrals with respect to how the congress was conducting its inquiry itself. >> big week ahead next week. up next for us new strategies in the abort...