Rep. Adam Schiff, a member of the Jan. 6 panel, said the decision to recommend criminal charges against former Pres. Trump came out of a 'strong consensus' within the group.
California Rep. Adam Schiff, a Democrat and member of the panel, said the decision came out of a"strong consensus" within the group.
"We believe that with respect to inciting an insurrection and conspiracy to defraud and obstruction of an official proceeding, conspiracy to lie ... that Donald Trump committed all of these offenses," the congressman continued."And as the Congress itself was the victim of some of them, our democracy, all of them, that we had an obligation to report what we knew to the Justice Department.
The Justice Department is not obligated to bring the charges recommended by members of Congress, and Schiff said Wednesday that only time will tell whether the department will choose to go through with them."I think that depends on whether the Justice Department lives up to what the attorney general committed at the beginning of the investigation, and that is that Donald Trump would be treated like any other American," he said.
"Under the circumstances in which the department departs from that policy and decides, you know, 'we need a higher burden of proof for a former president.' And, in this case, either we're not willing to take the risk, or we decide that it would be too divisive, it would look too political to prosecute the former president," Schiff explained.
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