The Senate acquitted former President Trump last year of inciting the Capitol insurrection.
. But neither Trump nor any of his top advisors have faced charges over the attack in a court of law, and it’s uncertain if they ever will.
In the filing, the panel argued that Trump either attempted or succeeded at obstructing, influencing or impeding the ceremonial process on Jan. 6 and “did so corruptly” by pressuring Vice President Mike Pence to overturn the results as he presided over the session. Pence declined to do so. As an example of such fraud, the committee noted in the Eastman filing that a Justice Department official told Trump directly that a Facebook video posted by his campaign “purporting to show Georgia officials pulling suitcases of ballots from under a table” was false, yet the campaign continued to run it. Georgia officials also repeatedly denied the claim.
The committee’s vice chairwoman, Rep. Liz Cheney , noted that same month that the panel knows from “firsthand testimony” that Trump watched the attack happen on television. Asked earlier this year on CNN if they have any evidence of financial fraud, Thompson said members of the committee “have some concerns, but we have not made those concerns public at this point.”
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