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Câmara dos Representantes pede acusação contra Trump infographic
A infografia mostra os detalhes dos quatro crimes considerados.
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Comissão da Câmara dos representantes quer acisação contra Trump

By Duncan Mil

December 20, 2022 - A comissão da Câmara dos Representantes dos EUA que avalia o ataque de 6 de janeiro de 2021 ao Capitólio pediu ao Departamento de Justiça que acuse o antigo Presidente Donald Trump de quatro crimes.

Following a 17-month investigation, the committee voted Monday unanimously to refer Trump for prosecution by the Justice Department on four criminal offences, including obstruction of an official proceeding of Congress, conspiracy to defraud the United States, making false statements, and aiding or inciting an insurrection.

Bennie Johnson, chairman of the committee, said that Donald Trump “lost the 2020 election and knew it. But he chose to try to stay in office.”

“In the end, he summoned a mob to Washington, and knowing they were armed and angry, pointed them at the Capitol and told them to ‘fight like hell’. There’s no doubt about this,” he added.

A referral to the Justice Department is non-binding -- it does not mean an immediate prosecution of Trump. However, the committee’s report, which will be made public on Wednesday, is expected to help the Department in its investigation.

“Every president in our history has defended this orderly transfer of authority -- except one. January 6, 2021, was the first time one American president refused his constitutional duty to transfer power peacefully to the next,” said Liz Cheney, the Wyoming Republican vice-chair of the panel. “He is unfit for any office,” Cheney added.

Trump has attacked the committee’s work as a politically motivated witch hunt.

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PUBLISHED: 20/12/2022; STORY: Graphic News; PICTURES: Getty Images
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