The parliamentary committee investigating the assault on the United States Capitol has published its final report on Thursday, in which Call for impeachment of former President Donald Trump for attempting to overturn the 2020 presidential election, as well as recommending a ban so he can return to office. The 845-page, eight-chapter report is based on more than 1,000 interviews and documents collected from emails, text messages, or phone records during a year and a half of investigation, which include accusations against Trump for allegedly encouraging the halting of the impeachment process. democratic transition.
Specifically, the committee has given 11 recommendations as a result of its investigation, among which stands out the commission of create a formal mechanism to assess whether certain individuals are barred from running for the office of president from United States. To do this, it has brought to the present an amendment to the Magna Carta of the United States in which it indicates that those people who have provided “aid or comfort to the enemies of the Constitution” can be disqualified from holding federal or state offices in the future.
“The Select Committee has referred Donald Trump and others for possible prosecution (…) for aiding and providing aid and comfort to an insurrection. The committee also notes that Donald J. Trump was impeached by a majority of the House of Representatives for Incitement to an insurrection, with 57 votes in the Senate for its condemnation,” said recommendation. Among other recommendations, the committee considers that some current legal provisions may be applied to attempts to obstruct, influence or impede the joint session in which the votes of the elections are certified, including the planned efforts to annul “the legal results of the elections”.
In addition, it has urged Congress to modify these laws in the event that any court or other tax authorities reach “a different conclusion” in order to “cover such conduct.” The committee has also stated the absence of an adequate security device on the day that Joe Biden’s victory was to be certified in the 2020 elections, encouraging the equalization of the presence of the Police in special sessions that bring together the two chambers, such as the inauguration of the head of state or the debates on the state of the nation.
Likewise, the final report includes the recommendation to Congress to approve a revision of the Electoral Count Law of 1887, with the aim of making it difficult to annul a certified presidential election. Still, the committee investigating the January 6, 2021 storming of the Capitol has asked the Justice Department to prosecute Trump for multiple crimes, including obstruction of official proceeding, conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to make statements false, as well as collaborating in an insurrection.
The executive summary of the commission’s report describes in detail how Trump tried to break, pressure or cajole anyone who would not bow to his attempt to prevent his defeat in the presidential elections, despite knowing that many of these maneuvers were illegal, for which reason they consider that he is ultimately responsible for the “insurrection” with his lies to public opinion. The former president tried to change the outcome through the intervention of public officials in the key states, officials of the Department of Justice, state legislators and other officials.
Source: Lasexta
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