Good evening once again.

The January 6th Committee made history tonight in its final meeting, voting to recommend

the Justice Department pursue criminal charges against a former president of the United States.

Among the accusations, obstruction of an official proceeding and inciting an insurrection.

Maryland Democrat Jamie Raskin laid out just how serious Donald Trump's conduct was.

It is a grave federal offense anchored in the Constitution itself, which repeatedly

opposes insurrections and domestic violence and indeed uses participation in insurrection

by office holders as automatic grounds for disqualification from ever holding public

office again at the federal or state level. Anyone who incites others to engage in rebelling,

assists them in doing so, or gives aid and comfort to those engaged in insurrection

is guilty of a federal crime. The Committee believes that more than sufficient evidence exists

for a criminal referral, a former president Trump, for assisting or aiding and comforting

those at the Capitol who engaged in a violent attack on the United States.

Committee Chairperson Benny Thompson and Vice Chair Liz Cheney set the tone for the unprecedented

meeting with their opening statements earlier today. So today, beyond our findings, we will also

show that evidence we've gathered points to further action beyond the power of this committee

or the Congress to help ensure accountability under law. Accountability that can only be found

in the criminal justice system. No man who would behave that way at that moment in time

can ever serve in any position of authority in our nation again. He is unfit for any office.

In addition to the criminal referrals, the Committee also released new evidence in today's

meeting, including never-before-seen testimony from Trump White House aid and extremely close

confidant, Hope Hicks. When you wrote, I suggested it several times, and it presumably means

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