The US House of Representatives committee investigating the January 6 insurrection forwarded recommendations for criminal charges against Trump

TitleDecember 19, 2022

The US House of Representatives committee investigating the January 6, 2021 uprising held its final public hearing Monday and its final report on the investigation will be released on Wednesday. The committee is reportedly expected to issue recommendations for criminal charges against former President Donald Trump and other former officials under investigation.

On the other hand, almost two years after the tragic uprising, this Monday begins jury selection for the trial of the former leader of the far-right group Proud Boys, Enrique Tarrio, and four other prominent members of the group. to be held in federal court in the city of Washington DC Prosecutors filed charges of seditious conspiracy; that is, conspiring to obstruct official proceedings, and other crimes against the accused.

Meanwhile, Douglas Jensen, who is a native of the state of Iowa, was sentenced to five years in prison for participating in the attack on the Capitol. In a separate trial, Edward Kelley, a resident of Tennessee, was charged with conspiring to kill federal agents who were investigating him. Kelley is already facing charges for assaulting a police officer.

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