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Trump attacks congressional report on Capitol attack: witch hunt failed

Former US President Donald Trump describes the report by the committee selected by the US House of Representatives to investigate the events of the assault on the Congress Building as “extremely biased”.

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Former US President Donald Trump today, Friday, criticized the final report he released Select committee of the United States House of Representatives To investigate the events of the assault on the Congress building on January 6, 2021

“Trump took no action to stop his supporters from attacking the Capitol,” the 845-page report said.

The report recommended that congressional committees with this power consider creating a “formal mechanism to consider whether” Trump will be barred from holding future federal office due to evidence that he violated his constitutional oath during the insurrection.

The charges include obstruction of the official process, conspiracy to defraud the United States, lying and instigating or aiding insurrection, the report said.

In a post on his social media platform, Truth Social, Trump described the report as “extremely partisan,” accusing the Investigative Committee of engaging in a “witch hunt,” a term Trump always uses to refer to his reporting procedures. impeachment and impeachment.

Trump said on Thursday that the report was “very biased,” noting that the commission’s report on deliberate terrorism failed to show the failure of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

Trump said Pelosi “failed to fulfill my proposal to deploy the U.S. military in the capital, show the peaceful and patriotic words I used, or find information about the protests that took place.”

The American newspaper “The Hill” suggests that Trump is referring, through his publication, to accusations by himself and his allies in the “Republican” party, according to which he gave orders to equip the National Guard forces before January 6, denied by the American newspaper “The Hill”. former Defense Secretary Christopher Miller in testimony given by the committee earlier this year.

The American Daily Wire previously reported it Dozens of Democrats In the United States of America, they are working to pass legislation that would prevent former President Donald Trump from assuming the presidency again.

Read also: New scenes of the storming of the Capitol in Washington

The Commission investigating the attack on the Capitol recommends that Trump be prosecuted

A few days ago the Commission of Inquiry into the attack on the Capitoline Hill unanimously recommended criminal case against Trumpemphasizing that he was “incompetent to hold any official position”, in his closing session to announce the results of 18 months of investigations.

The US House of Representatives committee has recommended that Trump be charged with four felony charges, in addition to other people.

The commission said the charges include obstruction of an official process, conspiracy to defraud the United States, lying, and inciting or aiding insurrection.

Trump had said that the vote by the House Investigating Committee on the Capitol attack to file criminal charges against him “is aimed at preventing him from running in the upcoming presidential elections”.

In a related context, an American court previously ruled that Five years in prison for a Trump supporterof the QAnon group, for its involvement in the assault on the Capitol.

Interestingly, there are numerous Trump supporters They attacked on January 6, 2021 Headquarters of Congress, in an attempt to obstruct the certification of Joe Biden’s victory in the November 2020 presidential election.

Read also: US Justice Department appoints war crimes prosecutor to investigate Trump

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