attorneys know, what’s at stake here,” Raskin said.
“I think that he knows, his staff knows, the U.S. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., said he doesn’t intend to “browbeat” Garland but noted the committee has already laid out in legal pleadings criminal statutes they believe Trump violated. “But they need to be investigated if there’s credible evidence, which I think there is.” “Once the evidence is accumulated by the Justice Department, it needs to make a decision about whether it can prove to a jury beyond a reasonable doubt the president’s guilt or anyone else’s,” Schiff said. They left no doubt as to their own view whether the evidence is sufficient to proceed.
Lawmakers indicated that perhaps their most important audience member over the course of the hearings may be Attorney General Merrick Garland, who must decide whether his department can and should prosecute Trump. “We’re not going to make accusations or say things without proof or evidence backing it,” said Rep. Perry on Friday denied he ever did so, calling the assertion an “absolute, shameless, and soulless lie.” Scott Perry, R-Pa., had sought a pardon from Trump, which would protect him from prosecution. The committee members on Sunday also reiterated they would present clear evidence that “multiple” GOP lawmakers, including Rep. Monday’s witness list includes BJay Pak, the top federal prosecutor in Atlanta who left his position on Jan 4, 2021, a day after an audio recording was made public in which Trump called him a “never-Trumper,” and Chris Stirewalt, the former political editor for Fox News. Chris Christie, a longtime Trump friend turned critic Before aligning himself with Trump, Stepien had worked in New Jersey for former Gov. He previously served as White House political director and also national field director for Trump’s 2016 campaign. Stepien, a longtime Trump adviser, has kept a relatively low profile compared with many others in the former president’s orbit. The committee held its first public hearing last week, with members laying out their case against Trump to show how the defeated president relentlessly pushed his false claims of a rigged election despite multiple advisers telling him otherwise and how he intensified an extraordinary scheme to overturn Joe Biden’s victory. “There are certain actions, parts of these different lines of effort to overturn the election that I don’t see evidence the Justice Department is investigating.” Adam Schiff, D-Calif., a committee member who also leads the House Intelligence Committee. “I would like to see the Justice Department investigate any credible allegation of criminal activity on the part of Donald Trump,” said Rep. The committee announced that Trump’s campaign manager, Bill Stepien, is among the witnesses scheduled to testify at a hearing Monday that focuses on Trump’s effort to spread his lies about a stolen election. WASHINGTON (AP) - Members of the House committee investigating the Capitol riot said Sunday they have uncovered enough evidence for the Justice Department to consider an unprecedented criminal indictment against former President Donald Trump for seeking to overturn the results of the 2020 election.