January 6 Committee refers Trump to DOJ on four criminal charges

Anderson Cooper 360

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🗓️ 20 December 2022

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The House Select Committee investigating the January 6 attack on the Capitol referred former President Trump to the Department of Justice on four criminal charges including insurrection and obstruction. The panel will release their full report on Wednesday, marking the end of its expansive probe into the deadly riot. Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin is a member of the committee. He tells AC360 why he thinks it was important to make the criminal referrals today. Plus, Sarah Matthews, former Deputy White House Press Secretary for Trump, joins AC360 to discuss how the former President and his allies are reacting to these referrals and the ongoing criminal investigations by the DOJ. 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	For the first time ever, ever in all of history, a bipartisan congressional committee has
0:09.7	recommended charging a former U.S. president with crimes against the government he led,
0:15.9	including aiding or assisting an insurrection, defiling the Constitution he wants, swore
0:23.2	an oath to defend.
0:25.2	I'm Jake Tapper.
0:26.7	I'm Laura Coates and this is a special two-hour 360 on what by any measure is a day like no
0:33.8	other.
0:34.8	We are on the verge of the second anniversary of a very violent mob, incited by the former
0:39.4	president, storming the Capitol members of the House January 6th Committee answered
0:44.5	history well with history.
0:49.8	The referral covering four charges including conspiracy to defraud the government and aiding
1:17.6	or assisting an insurrection against it is simply without precedent and that's not
1:21.6	all along with making history today.
1:23.2	The committee also made news with newly revealed testimony, including this about the former
1:29.6	president's refusal to denounce violence before January 6th or show any regret for it
1:36.6	afterwards.
1:37.6	We wrote, I suggested it several times Monday and Tuesday and we refused to tell us what
1:48.0	happened.
1:49.0	Sure, I didn't speak to the president about this directly but I communicated people like
1:53.7	Eric Hirschman that it was my view that it was important that the president put out
2:00.5	some kind of message and advance of the event.
2:04.1	And what was Mr. Hirschman's response?
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