Major news, John: the January 6th Committee just referred Donald Trump for criminal prosecution.
The bipartisan investigation into Trump’s plot to overturn the 2020 election discovered irrefutable evidence – text messages, emails, and sworn testimony – showing how he knowingly incited a deadly attack against our country.
This is a major step towards accountability for January 6th – but unless the Justice Department takes action on this criminal referral, Trump and his co-conspirators could still get away with what they did.
Sign our petition: Donald Trump must be held criminally accountable – and the DOJ must act on the January 6th Committee’s criminal referral >>
Over the last 17 months, the January 6th House Select Committee has worked around the clock to investigate how Trump and his associates planned, promoted, and paid for the January 6th attack on our country – and how he repeatedly refused to lift a finger to stop it.
They’ve uncovered increasingly shocking evidence demonstrating how Trump and his accomplices plotted to undermine our democracy, pushed dangerous election lies, and even wanted to throw out election results. They documented how Trump planned in advance to falsely claim victory regardless of the actual election results.
Donald Trump brazenly violated his oath of office, and when his lies and conspiracies led to the horrifying and violent attack on our Capitol, he refused to tell the January 6th insurrectionists to stand down for a gut-wrenching 187 minutes.
Now, we have a real chance at accountability – since the January 6th Committee has recommended criminal consequences for Trump’s actions.
Tell the DOJ: Donald Trump and his co-conspirators must be prosecuted for their egregious attack on this country and all of us.
The abundance of evidence coming from the January 6th committee is clear: Trump and his accomplices wouldn’t stop at anything to seize a second term they did not win. Now, the DOJ must hold them criminally accountable for their attack on our democracy.
Thank you for speaking out,
Jesse Littlewood, Vice President for Campaigns
and the team at Common Cause
