[1/4] U.S. Ambassador Jamie Raskin (D-MD) carries the committee’s final report as he leaves after a U.S. public hearing. The House Select Committee is investigating the January 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., December 19, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
WASHINGTON, Dec 21 (Reuters) – The congressional panel investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol said on Wednesday it would delay by another day the release of its final report detailing the case against former President Donald Trump. they are facing the charge of causing serious violence.
The House of Representatives Select Committee says it is expecting to release its report on Thursday.
The report, which will be published online, is expected to be more than 1,000 pages long, based on 1,200 interviews over 18 months and hundreds of thousands of documents, as well as the rulings of more than 60 federal and state courts.
The report lists 17 findings, discusses the legal actions of Trump and his associates and includes referrals to the Justice Department of Trump and other individuals, according to an executive summary released Monday. The report also identifies legislative recommendations to help prevent further such attacks.
On Monday, the committee asked prosecutors to charge the former president with four counts, including obstruction and sedition, for attempting to subvert the results of the November 2020 elections and incite an attack on the seat of government.
“Instead of honoring his constitutional obligation to ‘faithfully execute the laws,’ President Trump has set out to overturn the results of the election,” the House panel said in a 160-page summary of the report.
Mr. Trump gave a heated speech to his supporters near the White House on the morning of January 6, and openly reprimanded the vice president, Mr. Mike Pence, for not going along with his plan to deny votes cast to Democrat Joe Biden. Mr. Trump then waited several hours to speak publicly as thousands of his supporters burned in the Capitol, beating the police and threatening to hang Pence.
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