Judge David Carter in California wrote that Trump and lawyer John Eastman “started a campaign to overthrow the Democratic election, an action unprecedented in American history.” “Their campaign was not limited to the ivory tower – it was a coup in search of a legal theory,” Carter added. “The plan provoked violent attacks on the seat of government of our nation, led to the death of several law enforcement officers and deepened public distrust in our political process. “Based on the evidence, the court considers it more likely that President Trump attempted corruption to prevent the Joint Session of Congress on January 6, 2021,” Carter concluded. A spokesman for Trump’s Save America political action committee did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Carter comments on a legal email ruling Eastman had sought to hide from a congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 incident when mobs of Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol in a violent attempt. to stop Joe Biden’s certification. electoral victory. As part of the ruling, Carter ordered Eastman – who wrote several legal notes aimed at overturning the election results – to deliver more than 100 emails from the time of the attack. “If the country does not commit itself to investigating and seeking accountability for those responsible, the Court fears that January 6 will be repeated,” Carter wrote. Bennie Thompson, chair of the Jan. 6 committee, and Liz Cheney, vice-chairwoman, said in a statement that the ruling was a “victory for the rule of law” and would give the committee access to documents related to its investigation. “The court’s opinion also includes a warning: that the failure to seek accountability could lay the groundwork for a re-enactment on 6 January,” they added. Neither Judge Carter nor the Jan. 6 congressional panel has the power to prosecute Trump or Eastman. This responsibility belongs to the US Department of Justice, which has prosecuted more than 725 people from all 50 states in connection with the attack. Prosecutors have not filed charges against the former president or several of his allies. Trump’s former political adviser, Steve Bannon, was accused of contempt of Congress last year for failing to comply with a January 6 commission summons.

The committee – led by Democrats in the House of Representatives and counting only two Republicans, Cheney and Adam Kinzinger – also suggested that Mark Mendous, the president’s former chief of staff, be condemned for contempt of Congress. lack of cooperation. The justice department has not yet issued charges. Meadows, a former Republican, made headlines last week after US media published nearly 30 text messages sent between him and Virginia “Ginny” Thomas, a conservative activist who is married to Judge K. Senior Democrats say the messages – in which Ginny Thomas pressed Mendows to overturn the results of the 2020 election – called into question her husband’s independence. The Washington Post reported Monday that the Jan. 6 commission was trying to interview Ginny Thomas as part of its investigation. The committee voted Monday night to propose that Peter Navarro, a former senior Trump business adviser, and Dan Scavino, a Trump White House communications officer, also be charged with contempt of Congress for failing to comply with the investigation. . The issue will now proceed to the Plenary Session of the Parliament for a vote. Trump, who is considering another candidacy for the White House in 2024, continues to falsely claim that he was robbed of the 2020 presidential election. He held a rally in Georgia over the weekend in support of David Perdio, a Republican challenger to current Republican Gov. Brian Kemp. Trump blamed Kemp for his loss in Georgia, a critical state, and said the governor should have refused to ratify the election results. The former president is facing a separate criminal investigation in Georgia, led by the Atlanta prosecutor, over his alleged efforts to overturn the state election results.

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