Donald Trump should never hold public office again: Jan 6 Committee

US former President Donald Trump should not be allowed to run for public office ever the House committee investigating the January 6 insurrection recommended in their final report The New York Times reportedIn the 800page final report late Thursday the committee came up with 11 recommendations to prevent any future attacks like the US Capitol attack of January 6 2021Among the recommendations listed the reform of the Electoral Count Act to clarify that a vice president has no authority to reject electoral slates submitted by the states wholesale expansion of federal law enforcement agencies scrutiny of extremist groups including white nationalists and violent antigovernment groups and designation of the counting of electoral votes by Congress every four years as a National Special Security Event like inaugurals and State of the Union addressesThe recommendations came as the committee released its final report after approving the referral of multiple criminal charges against TrumpOn December 19 the House Committee found Trump ultimately responsible for the insurrection laying out for the public and the Justice Department a trove of evidence for why he should be prosecuted for multiple crimes according to CNNAlso Read A case for trying Donald TrumpOver eight chapters the committee wove together evidence drawn from thousands of documents and more than 1000 witness interviews to argue that Trump embarked on an orchestrated plan to remain in office despite his election loss pressuring state officials the Justice Department and his own vice president to help him Ultimately the committee argues he inspired his supporters to commit violence in his name reported The New York TimesOur country has come too far to allow a defeated President to turn himself into a successful tyrant by upending our democratic institutions fomenting violence and as I saw it opening the door to those in our country whose hatred and bigotry threaten equality and justice for all Americans the panels chairman Rep Bennie G Thompson DMiss said in the foreword to the reportWhat will come of the recommendations is another matter The committee is preparing to disband within days as the Republicans take over the House with four of the committees nine members including its two Republicans not returning in the new CongressTrump quickly issued a statement on the Truth Social website seeking to discredit the committees work falsely blaming House Speaker Nancy Pelosi DCalif for the violence on January 6On December 19 the panel showed the summary of how Trump tried to overpower pressure and cajole anyone who wasnt willing to help him overturn his election defeat while knowing that many of his schemes were unlawful His relentless armtwisting included election administrators in key states senior Justice Department leaders state lawmakers and others The report even suggests possible witness tampering with the committees investigation reported CNNThe committee repeatedly uses forceful language to describe Trumps intent that he purposely disseminated false allegations of fraud to aid his efforts to overturn the 2020 election and successfully solicit about USD 250 million in political contributions These false claims provoked his supporters to violence on January 6th it saidThe full report based on 1000plus interviews documents collected including emails texts phone records and a year and a half of investigation by the ninemember bipartisan committee will be released Wednesday along with transcripts and other materials collected in the investigation reported CNNThe House committee lays out a number of criminal statutes it believes were violated in the plots to stave off Trumps defeat and says theres evidence for criminal referrals to the Justice Department for Trump Trump attorney John Eastman and othersThe report summary says theres evidence to pursue Trump on multiple crimes including obstruction of an official proceeding conspiracy to defraud the United States conspiracy to make false statements assisting or aiding an insurrection conspiring to injure or impede an officer and seditious conspiracy reported CNNTrumps false victory was premeditated The committee outlines 17 findings from its investigation that underpin its reasoning for criminal referrals including that Trump knew the fraud allegations he was pushing were false and continued to amplify them anywayPresident Trumps decision to declare victory falsely on election night and unlawfully to call for the vote counting to stop was not a spontaneous decision It was premeditated the summary statedThe select committee is referring several Republican lawmakers who refused to cooperate with the investigation to the House Ethics CommitteeThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or 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