Will Donald Trump finally face criminal charges for January 6?
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The Guardian
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🗓️ 6 January 2023
⏱️ 34 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Guardian. |
| 0:11.0 | Today, the inquiry into the January 6th riots is over, |
| 0:16.0 | and its explosive conclusion is that Donald Trump should face criminal charges. |
| 0:22.0 | But will he? |
| 0:33.0 | Over the past 18 months, a team of investigators has been pouring over the evidence of what happened that day. |
| 0:40.0 | January 6th, 2021. |
| 0:43.0 | And who was responsible? |
| 0:47.0 | The team has interviewed more than a thousand witnesses. |
| 0:53.0 | The president said something to the effect of, |
| 0:56.0 | I'm the effing president, take me up to the Capitol now. |
| 0:59.0 | Looked at 20,000 hours of video footage, |
| 1:02.0 | what were the chances of President Trump winning the election? |
| 1:06.0 | After that point? |
| 1:08.0 | Yes. |
| 1:09.0 | None. |
| 1:10.0 | And produced a final report that runs to 845 pages. |
| 1:14.0 | This committee is nearing the end of its work. |
| 1:17.0 | But as the country, we remain in strange and uncharted waters. |
| 1:23.0 | More than 700 people were arrested for their part in the riots at the Capitol Building in Washington. |
| 1:30.0 | But this report blames one man for inciting them. |
| 1:35.0 | He personally asked for us to come to DC that day. |
| 1:39.0 | That doesn't mean you can go after me. I'll do it. |
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