Ep. 1634 - The January 6 Committee Wants Trump Prosecuted

The Ben Shapiro Show

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🗓️ 20 December 2022

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Click here to join the member exclusive portion of my show: https://utm.io/ueSEj The January 6 committee refers Donald Trump to the Department of Justice for criminal charging; the White House struggles for immigration answers as Title 42 wanes; and Democrats prep more spending as tax revenue declines. - - - DailyWire+: Become a DailyWire+ member for 30% off by using code HOLIDAY at checkout: https://bit.ly/3rfvUvB Get your Ben Shapiro merch here: https://bit.ly/3TAu2cw - - - Today’s Sponsors: ExpressVPN - Get 3 Months FREE of ExpressVPN: https://expressvpn.com/ben Black Rifle Coffee - Get 10% off coffee, coffee gear, apparel, or a Coffee Club subscription with code SHAPIRO: https://www.blackriflecoffee.com/ Birch Gold - Text "BEN" to 989898, or go to https://birchgold.com/ben, for a FREE Goldback with every $5000 purchase, when you convert an existing IRA or 401k into a precious metals IRA with Birch Gold by December 22nd. International Fellowship of Christians and Jews - For only $45 you can rush a box full of nutritious food to Jewish people in need: https://benforthefellowship.org or text SHAPIRO to 41-444 Innovation Refunds - Learn more about Innovation Refunds at https://getrefunds.com/. - - - Socials: Follow on Twitter: https://bit.ly/3cXUn53 Follow on Instagram: https://bit.ly/3QtuibJ Follow on Facebook: https://bit.ly/3TTirqd Subscribe on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3RPyBiB Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The January 6th committee refers Donald Trump to the Department of Justice for criminal
0:03.4	charging. The White House struggles for immigration answers as Title 42 wanes, and Democrats
0:07.4	prep more spending as tax revenue declines. I'm Ben Shapiro. This is The Bench Bureau show.
0:16.9	This show is sponsored by ExpressVPN. It's time to stand up against Big Tech. Protect Your Data at ExpressVPN.com
0:22.4	slash Ben. Well, it was a predictable ending. The January 6th committee was formulated and created
0:27.8	specifically in order to recommend criminal charges for President Donald Trump. And now they've done so.
0:32.7	So anybody who's pretending as though any other conclusion was possible is out of their mind.
0:36.3	The entire basis for the January 6th committee is that Donald Trump had done something criminal and they were going
0:41.0	to justify sending a recommendation over to the Department of Justice for charging. As we'll
0:45.6	discuss momentarily, their recommendations mean absolutely nothing. This is essentially the same as if
0:50.5	you sent an interagency memo to another department in your in your actual company.
0:55.9	It would make no difference whatsoever. It has all of the legal force of a of a Christmas
1:02.1	card greeting. That's pretty much all this is for. But it is a PR move with something that was going
1:07.6	to happen. And it allows Democrats and the complicit Republicans to
1:11.0	raise up the issue of January 6th yet again going into the 2024 election. That is the entire purpose
1:16.2	of the January 6th committee. So with much Ballyhoo and with much attention, the January 6th committee
1:22.3	decided to recommend several criminal charges for former President Donald Trump, as well as other
1:26.9	members of Trump's
1:27.9	immediate circle. The January 6th committee announced that yesterday. Here's what it sounded like.
1:33.4	The judge concluded that both former president Donald Trump and John Eastman likely violated two
1:41.7	federal criminal statutes. This is the starting point for our analysis today.
1:48.6	The first criminal statute we invoke for referral, therefore,
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