Jan. 6 Committee Concludes with Criminal Referrals for Trump

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🗓️ 22 December 2022

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Earlier this week, the Jan. 6 congressional committee concluded its tenth and final hearing by voting unanimously in favor of issuing criminal referrals for former President Donald Trump. “Ours is not a system of justice where foot soldiers go to jail and the masterminds and the ringleaders get a free pass,” declared Democrat Jamie Raskin as he outlined the committee’s conclusions that Trump had violated four separate federal statutes, including aiding and abetting an insurrection. A final report of the committee is due this week. We’ll look at the committee’s recommendations, which are now in the hands of the Department of Justice and discuss what might happen next. Guests: Ryan Goodman, professor of law, NYU; co-editor-in-chief, Just Security; former special counsel, the Department of Defense Sarah Wire, Justice Department and National Security reporter focusing on Jan. 6 and domestic extremism, the Los Angeles Times Shanlon Wu, criminal defense attorney; legal analyst, CNN; former federal prosecutor who also served as counsel to Attorney General Janet Reno Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:04.4	Sometime today, the Congressional Committee investigating the January 6th insurrection will release its final report.
1:06.9	It's expected to be over a thousand pages long and to include the most complete record of that infamous day and the attack on the Capitol that has yet to be compiled.
1:16.4	Today we're going to talk with legal experts about what the committee accomplished, how the next steps of the legal battle may play out, and how we should read this new complete report.
1:25.4	By now, you've heard that Donald Trump was referred to the
1:27.6	Justice Department for criminal charges, but what happens now? We'll review the committee's work
1:32.7	and look ahead at what comes next. That's all coming up.
1:39.9	Welcome to Forum. I'm Alexis Madrigal.
1:46.7	The strangest thing about the January 6th insurrection, beyond the fact that it happened,
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