Welcome to Meet the Press Now.

I'm Yamish Alcender in for Kristen Walker.

On a historic day here in Washington, just moments ago, the January 6th committee urged

the Justice Department

to criminally charge former President Trump for his role in the attack on the U.S. Capitol.

The committee voted unanimously this afternoon to make four criminal referrals against former President

Trump, obstructing an official proceeding, conspiracy to defraud the United States,

conspiracy to make a false statement,

an inciting, assisting, or aiding, and comforting, an insurrection.

Committee member, Jamie Raskin, who served as an impeachment manager during Trump's second impeachment trial,

outlined the severity of that final referral.

An insurrection is a rebellion against the authority of the United States.

It is a grave federal offense anchored in the Constitution itself.

Anyone who incites others to engage in rebelling, assists them in doing so, or gives aid in comfort to those engaged in insurrection, is guilty of a federal crime. The president has an affirmative

and primary constitutional duty to act to take care that the laws be faithfully executed,

nothing could be a greater betrayal of this duty

than to assist an insurrection against the constitutional order.

The referrals came at the conclusion of the committee's final public meeting.

And after nearly, after nearly 18-month investigation,

more than 1,200 witness interviews and depositions, 100 subpoenas, and more than a million pages of records.

The committee also voted to officially adopt its a final report, which is expected to be

released on Wednesday. In an executive summary of that report, the committee blamed Trump

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