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Jan. 6 committee has a formal path to share investigative material with DOJ, its chair says

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Jan. 6 committee has a formal path to share investigative material with DOJ, its chair says

Agreement on evidence-sharing would mark a significant milestone as the DOJ inquiry into efforts by Donald Trump and others to overturn the 2020 election enters a more public-facing phase.
www.politico.com

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I initially felt this news item was worthy of being posted in Breaking News, the sub-forum I most enjoy & prefer. But given that this is an interview with the Committee Chair, not an official announcement by the Chair, along with seeing Politico's bolded heading of "Insurrection Fallout", I thought it might be safer to deposit here - in Political Discussion.

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The article is interesting in that it seems the Committee has produced a formalized template to provide DOJ access to its evidence. But besides that, it also discusses how, through the process of discovery, the defendants in current DOJ cases will also gain access to the Committee's work!

I can now see the rational for not earlier having made criminal referrals to DOJ; there's a lot of strategy involved!

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Enjoy!
 
Imo, the more stuff like this that comes out, the more pressure djt will feel to announce his candidacy. I think he feels that if he is a candidate DoJ won't be able to prosecute him.

I believe he is mistaken.
 
How does this “path” differ from a criminal referral?


The link mentions “a greater sense urgency” from the DOJ, what is the procedure if the House turns in November as to the longevity of the 6JAN Committee?
 
Quite telling.
 
mrjurrs said:
Imo, the more stuff like this that comes out, the more pressure djt will feel to announce his candidacy. I think he feels that if he is a candidate DoJ won't be able to prosecute him.

I believe he is mistaken.
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That's an interesting thought.

Thanks for this!
 
Rexedgar said:
How does this “path” differ from a criminal referral?


The link mentions “a greater sense urgency” from the DOJ, what is the procedure if the House turns in November as to the longevity of the 6JAN Committee?
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It's not a 'formal' referral. It seems to essentially be providing a structure making the material available to the DOJ, as the DOJ may desire.
 
Rawley said:
Quite telling.
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Yes, it seems to me Congress and the DOJ are cooperating in how they go about their respective investigations. The article pointed-out the possible jeopardy the Committee could do to the DOJ cases in progress. They have to be careful in how they do this,
 
It's sad that they are conducting this charade as a criminal investigation of one person. That's never been the purpose of a Congressional Committee.
 
Rawley said:
It's sad that they are conducting this charade as a criminal investigation of one person. That's never been the purpose of a Congressional Committee.
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Agreed. It is sad that Trump perpetuated an insurrection on America as an outgoing president, thus causing the needed investigation that serves to both hold Trump accountable and to determine what needs to be done to prevent future trump Traitors from attacking the Capital.

I would go as far as to say that "sad" is an understatement and perhaps say it is an abhorrent international embarrassment.
 
Rawley said:
It's sad that they are conducting this charade as a criminal investigation of one person. That's never been the purpose of a Congressional Committee.
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They are just following the facts and if there is a conclusion that a crime(s) has been committed; the DOJ will handle it
If there is a conclusion that crimes were committed the DOJ will handle it

Remember Benghazi. If you don't think they were trying to pin those 4 deaths on her and get her charged; I have a bridge to sell you.
Two and a half years and Gowdy admitted they got nothing

Trey Gowdy Admitted Nothing Could Have Saved Benghazi Victims?

Rep. Trey Gowdy conceded a point of dispute in the Benghazi controversy, but it was misleading to characterize his remark as an "accidental" admission.
www.snopes.com

Congressional investigations have a way of stretching from months to years, but the House committee probe into 2012's Benghazi attack was especially lengthy. At two years and four months, it was longer than Congressional probes into 9/11, Watergate, the JFK assassination and Pearl Harbor.

Congress spent more time investigating Benghazi than it did 9/11

Congressional investigations have a way of stretching from months to years, but the House committee probe into 2012’s Benghazi attack was especially lengthy.
www.ajc.com
 
mrjurrs said:
Imo, the more stuff like this that comes out, the more pressure djt will feel to announce his candidacy. I think he feels that if he is a candidate DoJ won't be able to prosecute him.

I believe he is mistaken.
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I believe the only thing DOJ policy says is that it will pause investigations into political candidates 60 days from an election. Trump can announce whatever the hell he wants. He won't be in that window for 2 more years.

And all it really means is they will cease any public facing investigations/grand juries, etc. It does not mandate they stop investigating. Besides, it's only an OLC opinion just as the opinion that says not to indict any sitting president.

Both opinions, IMHO, need to be studied deeper and perhaps revised. They serve no purpose toward justice.
 

Well, to be fair, unlike the prior probes you mention, the Benghazi probe was dealing with some of our "secret" alphabet soup agencies, and they are not above lying, shredding evidence, obfuscating, providing false testimony and later asserting a mistake of fact, etc..

9/11 was open and obvious. Watergate had its "deep throat" whistleblower with hard evidence, Pearl Harbor was a CYA investigation. As for the JFK assassination, have we really got all the info on that ever? Meanwhile, we have the examples of Hunter Biden's laptop (all those current and former whatever's labeling it disinformation), Clinton's "Russia Collusion" hoax, and so on.

If the Swamp doesn't want something openly known, they can and will fog it up.
 
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Rawley said:
It's sad that they are conducting this charade as a criminal investigation of one person. That's never been the purpose of a Congressional Committee.
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But as usual, you're not being truthful. There are many people from the low life lawyers to the fake electors to senior people in the WH including Mr. One and Done that are all tangled up in the investigation. It may look to you like all their going after is Trump. Stop listening to just Fox and Bannon.
 
No, we haven't. But to me it's quite clear. JFK was adamant about getting the US out of all the wars. The defense contractors were not at all happy about that. They stood to lose billions. You figure out the rest for yourself.
 

LOL

232 mentions of president Trump. But they are not going after Trump. Fox made them do it. LOL

Here's every word from the 8th Jan. 6 committee on its investigation

Read the full transcript from the July 21 House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack hearing.
www.npr.org
 
So you think they'll send a criminal referral for Ray Epps?
 
I agree with your conclusion. If djt believes something, that's how he reacts. Reality be damned.
 

Jan. 6 committee has a formal path to share investigative material with DOJ, its chair says​

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/07/28/doj-jan-6-panel-evidence-sharing-00048457

Agreement on evidence-sharing would mark a significant milestone as the DOJ inquiry into efforts by Donald Trump and others to overturn the 2020 election enters a more public-facing phase.

The Jan. 6 select committee has formalized a path to share witness transcripts and evidence with the Justice Department, its chair Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) told POLITICO Thursday.
“We’ve put a template together for sharing information, sharing it with Justice. My understanding is, there’s general agreement on it,” Thompson said.

Agreement on evidence-sharing would mark a significant milestone as the DOJ inquiry into efforts by Donald Trump and others to overturn the 2020 election enters a more public-facing phase. Federal investigators have sought to access the congressional committee’s 1,000-plus witness interview transcripts since April, but the select panel has resisted as its probe continued to generate extraordinary new evidence and witness testimony.

Now, though, as DOJ delves even more deeply into the former president’s inner circle and the select committee’s most significant round of public hearings has concluded, there appears to be greater urgency for prosecutors to obtain evidence the select committee has gathered.
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Make of it as you will, but to me, the bolded last sentence tells me that the DoJ is quickly catching up to the Jan 6 committee and will soon surpass the evidence that they have already gathered by way of subpoenas for people to testify before a grand jury. There's nothing like the threat of a subpoena to appear before a grand jury to convince people like Mick Mulvaney, John Radcliffe, Steve Mnuchin and Mike Pompeo to begin willingly cooperating with the Jan 6 committee.
 
Good
 
Anybody know when the next prime time Jan6 show is supposed to air? I'm hoping they invite Trump's former chief of staff Gen. Kelley to testify. I bet he has some interesting secrets to share (heads up to Liz Cheney).
 
lemmiwinx said:
Anybody know when the next prime time Jan6 show is supposed to air? I'm hoping they invite Trump's former chief of staff Gen. Kelley to testify. I bet he has some interesting secrets to share (heads up to Liz Cheney).
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August but no day has been specified.
 
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