New testimony from former adviser Hope Hicks is likely to bolster the insurrection charge that the House panel has asked the DOJ to make against Trump.
Former U.S. President Donald Trump leaves the stage after speaking during an event at his Mar-a-Lago home on November 15 in Palm Beach, Florida. In the inset, Hope Hicks, a former White House adviser, listens during a cabinet meeting in the East Room of the White House on May 19, 2020, in Washington, D.C.
Around 2:19 p.m. ET that day, Hicks responded:"I'm not there I suggested it several times Monday and Tuesday and he refused." Hicks also testified to the committee that White House lawyer Eric Herschmann also wanted Trump to put out a statement before January 6 calling for no violence that day—a recommendation he made"directly" to the former president—but that Trump"refused" to do so.
Hicks' new testimony is likely to bolster the insurrection charge the panel is referring Trump for, suggesting that he was made aware of the likelihood of violence ahead of the Capitol riot and that he chose not to act on that foreknowledge.to make criminal referrals against a former president has long been debated by the committee.
Although the committee's influence may ramp up pressure for a prosecution, the DOJ is not required to consider the referrals from
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