This week the January 6th Committee voted to make criminal referrals to the Justice Department including the proposed indictment of former President Donald Trump.
However, the Committee's splashy finale lacked any substantial new evidence to make a compelling criminal case against former President Trump.
The Committee repackaged largely the same evidence that it has previously put forward over the past year.
Failure of the Committee to offer any new and direct evidence of criminal conduct was obvious at the outset.
Crimes require satisfaction of underlying elements
Much of the evidence cited what an official failed to do.
The last hearing seemed to focus on a number of things that did not occur, from a draft tweet that was not sent to an executive order that was never signed.
The most damning evidence concerns what Trump failed to do in those 187 minutes
While repeatedly omitted by the Committee, Trump told his supporters to go to the Capitol "peacefully" to support Republicans challenging the election.
Around 2:10 p.m., people surged up the Capitol steps, and Trump concluded his speech. At 4:17 p..m., Trump made his statement to stop - roughly an hour and a half later.
https://jonathanturley.org/2022/12/20/a-case-of-hope-over-experience-the-j6-criminal-referral-falls-short-of-a-credible-criminal-case-against-trump/
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