Criminal referrals for Donald Trump

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🗓️ 20 December 2022

⏱️ 25 minutes

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The January 6 committee sent the Justice Department four criminal referrals against the former president, who it alleges engaged in an elaborate criminal conspiracy to remain in office after his 2020 defeat. Vox’s Andrew Prokop explains what happens next. This episode was produced by Hady Mawajdeh and Siona Peterous, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Efim Shapiro, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained Support Today, Explained by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	previously on America.
0:05.0	After the unprecedented attempt by former president Donald Trump to stay in power
0:12.0	culminated in the storming of the US Capitol by Trump supporters, there was a demand
0:19.0	from Democrats and even some Republicans for a reckoning with what happened.
0:24.0	And what resulted was a mostly Democratic-filled committee but with two key Republican appointees,
0:33.0	Liz Cheney and Adam Kinziger.
0:35.0	Both members of Congress, Republicans who were truly appalled by what Trump did,
0:41.0	they gathered new evidence, they gathered depositions, and we are getting to the swan song
0:47.0	of the January 6th committee this week.
0:51.0	And that's what's ahead on today Explained.
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