January 6 Committee considering recommending DOJ pursue at least three criminal charges against Trump

Anderson Cooper 360

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🗓️ 17 December 2022

⏱️ 86 minutes

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A source tells CNN the House Select Committee investigating the January 6 attack on the Capitol is considering recommending the Department of Justice pursue at least three criminal charges against former President Trump. The criminal charges being considered are obstruction of an official proceeding, conspiracy to defraud the federal government, and insurrection. Elliot Williams is a former federal prosecutor and former deputy assistant attorney general. He tells Anderson Cooper whether he thinks a criminal referral helps or hurts the DOJ. Plus, former Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson joins AC360 to discuss the influx of migrants at the Texas-Mexico border and how the problem can be fixed. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Good evening, obstruction of Congress conspires to defraud the United States and insurrection.
0:06.0	Those are the three criminal charges.
0:07.6	The January 6th Committee may recommend the Justice Department pursue against former President
0:12.0	Trump when it meets likely for the last time on Monday.
0:15.4	That's according to sources who spoke with Sina and Tanay.
0:18.0	Obviously, it is a big day if and when that occurs coming after almost 17 months of investigations
0:23.4	and public testimony.
0:25.0	The Committee, as you know, spent almost a year and a half compiling evidence showcasing
0:29.1	their findings during often gripping hours long public hearings this year.
0:33.4	The Struction of Congress always at the forefront of possible charges.
0:37.3	Much of it centered around the pressure on former Vice President Pence to overturn the election,
0:42.0	as well as the pressure on the Justice Department.
0:46.3	You also noted that Mr. Rosen said to Mr. Trump, quote,
0:49.6	DOJ can't and won't snap its fingers and change the outcome of the election.
0:54.3	How did the President respond to that, sir?
0:57.2	He responded very quickly and said essentially, that's not what I'm asking you to do.
1:01.8	What I'm just asking you to do is just say it was corrupt and leave the rest to me
1:05.0	in the Republican Congressmen.
1:06.7	Now, evidence to support the second charge conspiracy to defraud was presented almost
1:11.7	from the outset in the first hearing and in what we should warn you was some rather
1:15.7	direct off-color language.
1:17.4	The Committee played testimony by former U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr, who was one
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