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Jan. 6 Panel Could Make Criminal Referral Against Trump, Cheney Reveals

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Jan. 6 Panel Could Make Criminal Referral Against Trump, Cheney Reveals
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“There could be more than one criminal referral,” Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) said on ABC Sunday morning.
Corbin Bolies
Media Reporter
Published Jul. 03, 2022 12:48PM ET

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Host Jonathan Karl asked Cheney whether the committee could refer Trump for criminal prosecution and she replied “yes.”

“We may well as a committee have a view on that,” Cheney noted. “And if you just think about it from the perspective of—what kind of man knows that the mob is armed and sends the mob to attack the Capitol? And further incites that mob when his own vice president is under threat, when the Congress is under threat. It’s very chilling.”

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“The Justice Department doesn’t have to wait for the committee to make a criminal referral,” she added. “And there could be more than one criminal referral.”

Schiff toed the same line in an interview with CBS’ Margaret Brennen, arguing Trump should not escape responsibility for the attack on the Capitol regardless of how politically difficult it could be to charge him.