The Department of Justice has sufficient elements to initiate a process against former President Donald Trump for trying to annul the results of the elections of the and inciting the attack on January 6, 2021 against the Capitol.
They consider Democrats in the Senate, who rule out knowing any process is underway, but that Attorney General Merrick Garland would have legal grounds to order the investigation, according to a report by The Hill.
Although it is recognized that prosecutor Garland gave few indications about whether the Justice Department is planning an indictment against Trump, legislators and the evidence so far known show that the Republican would have committed a federal crime.
Without However, the same congressmen cited in the report point out that prosecutor Garland should also act with caution, that is, create a robust case, in order to achieve a conviction against Trump, since the accusation without any effect could vindicate him.
The report cites Senator Richard Blumenthal (Connecticut), who has publicly expressed that Trump should be persecuted and there are sufficient elements for it.
“Clearly what he did … it falls within the scope of what is being investigated and may be criminal”, he considered in reference to the allegations of alleged electoral fraud before and on January 6, prior to the insurrection in Congress.
Senator Tim Kaine (Virginia) considered that there was sufficient evidence against Trump, but left the prosecutors make the decision.
“They have all the evidence at their disposal,” he said. “My intuition is that they are [analizando el caso] … I think they are looking [en] at everything diligently and have not made a decision.”
The report also cites Fulton County, Georgia, District Attorney Fani Willis as telling The Associated Press that he may ask a special grand jury to authorize subpoenas to further his investigation into Trump’s conversation with Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger. .