Jan. 6 "Ringleader": Lawmakers Advise Criminal Charges For Trump

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🗓️ 19 December 2022

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Lawmakers investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack advised four criminal charges be filed against former President Donald Trump over his role in the riot. One member noted that the U.S. does not have "a system of justice where foot soldiers go to jail and the masterminds and ringleaders get a free pass." The Department of Justice, entirely independent from Congress, may or may not choose to follow through on the group's referrals.

This episode: politics correspondent Ashley Lopez, congressional correspondent Claudia Grisales, and national justice correspondent Carrie Johnson.

This episode was produced by Elena Moore and Casey Morell. It was edited by Eric McDaniel. Our executive producer is Muthoni Muturi. Research and fact-checking by Katherine Swartz.

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0:00.0	Hey there, it's the MPR Politics podcast.
0:02.3	It's 4.30 p.m. Eastern time on Monday, December 19th, 2022.
0:07.7	I'm Ashley Lopez, I cover politics.
0:10.0	I'm Claudia Grisallis, I cover Congress.
0:12.1	And I'm Carrie Johnson, National Justice Correspondent.
0:15.3	A quorum being present, the select committee to investigate
0:19.8	the January 6th attack on a United States Capitol will be in order.
0:25.0	And with that, this afternoon saw the conclusion
0:27.3	of one of the most consequential congressional investigations
0:30.6	in recent history.
0:32.0	The January 6th committee ended its work
0:33.8	with a final presentation to the American people
0:36.4	about what it discovered.
0:37.6	The committee laid out a case against former president Trump
0:40.8	and others for their roles in the attack.
0:43.2	Congresswoman Elaine Luria of Virginia.
0:45.4	In summary, President Trump lit the flame.
0:49.6	He poured gasoline on the fire and sat
0:52.9	by in the White House dining room for hours watching the fire burn.
0:58.2	And today, he still continues to fan those flames.
1:03.5	That was his extreme dereliction of duty.
1:06.7	The committee's vice chair lives training of Wyoming.
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