John,

The FBI and the Department of Justice should investigate President Trump for seditious conspiracy. That’s a federal crime and a deeply serious one.

We don’t say this lightly. President Trump’s attempts to hinder Congress’s final counting of the 2020 electoral college votes were part of a scheme to overthrow the government by preventing the transition of power. Read our full criminal complaint here.

By conspiring with his associates to raise a mob in front of the White House, and then directing that mob to go to the Capitol and use “strength” to “take back our country” in order to hinder or delay Congress’s certification of the electoral vote and overturn the 2020 election, Trump attempted to incite the violent overthrow of the government of the United States. His actions on January 6, 2021 capped weeks of calls and planning with associates for his followers to “fight” to stop Congress from counting the electoral college votes.

Accusing anyone—and the president, no less—of sedition should be reserved only for the most serious circumstances. This is such a circumstance. There must be consequences for the armed insurrection last week—and investigating President Trump for sedition is one step toward achieving much needed accountability.

Thanks for being a part of the pursuit of accountability,


Noah Bookbinder
Executive Director, CREW

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