Donald Trump should not be able to return to public office following the role he played in the invasion of the Capitol, in the United States, last year, concluded a report of the legislative committee that investigated the fact.
The recommendation tops a list of proposals in the 845-page document, aimed at ensuring there is no repeat of the deadly riot the committee accuses the former president of orchestrating in an unsuccessful attempt to hold on to power following the 2020 election.
“Our country has gone too far to allow a defeated president to become a successful tyrant, disrupting our democratic institutions (and) fomenting violence,” says panel chair Bennie Thompson in the introduction to the report published Thursday night. market.
The document recommends legislating so that Trump and others who “participated in the insurrection” cannot hold public office, “whether federal or state, civilian or military.”
Trump has announced that he intends to run once more for the White House in 2024.
The report was the culmination of 18 months of work by congressional investigators, who heard more than 1,000 witnesses to establish the root cause of the attack, for which they directly blamed the Republican billionaire.
The committee — made up of seven Democrats and two Republicans — also recommended electoral law reforms, a federal crackdown on extremist groups, and designating Congressional certification of presidential elections as a “special national security event” like the annual State Speech. of the Union.
The former president’s party has opposed every step of the investigation and the legislative change in January, when the Republicans will have a majority, raises doubts regarding the possibility of the recommendations being adopted.
Trump denounces a “witch hunt” in both this case and other criminal and civil investigations into his business practices and his efforts to overturn his election defeat in the state of Georgia.
At its last public meeting on Monday, the panel recommended that the Justice Department bring criminal charges once morest Trump for four possible crimes: obstruction of justice, conspiracy to defraud the United States, making false statements to the government and inciting insurrection.
The panel began presenting evidence to independent attorney Jack Smith, who is overseeing federal investigations into Trump’s role in the unrest and his handling of classified government documents improperly stored at his Florida home.
AFP
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