Schiff: ‘Sufficient evidence’ to criminally charge Trump
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This is the guy who said he had the evidence of Russian collusion, remember.
California congressman Adam Schiff said Sunday that he believes there is “sufficient evidence” to criminally charge Donald Trump in relation to his efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
Schiff’s dramatic statement on CNN’s State of the Union came one day before the House January 6 select committee to which he belongs is poised to release an outline of its extensive investigative report on the US Capitol attack, which has been linked to nine deaths, including the suicides of traumatized law enforcement officers.
The committee is expected to use its last meeting on Monday to refer Trump, as well as others, to the US justice department in relation to the former president’s attempts to reverse his 2020 defeat to Joe Biden.
During this final meeting, the panel is expected to outline an executive summary of its findings, propose legislative recommendations, vote to adopt the report – and then vote on possible criminal and civil referrals. Schiff is one of nine members, seven of whom are Democrats like him, serving on the January 6 committee.
The potential referrals involving Trump are expected to involve obstruction of an official congressional proceeding as well as conspiracy to defraud the United States. The Guardian first reported the nature of these referrals.
Schiff told CNN host Jake Tapper that he “can’t comment” on specifics of any possible referrals. The predicted criminal referrals are effectively symbolic because Congress can’t force prosecutors to pursue charges.
“I think that the evidence is there that Trump committed criminal offenses in connection with his efforts to overturn the election,” said Schiff, who chairs the House intelligence committee. “And viewing it as a former prosecutor, I think there’s sufficient evidence to charge the [former] president.”
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Schiff couldn’t convict Dick Miller of espionage in TWO different trials with overwhelming evidence…
Schiff’s definition of evidence doesn’t equal what the rest of the world views as evidence…
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I think federal indictments for the classified document theft and coverup are dead dog certain.
I’d rate state criminal charges in GA as more likely than not.
As for Jan 6th I haven’t paid attention to what’s been uncovered in the last 18 months or so but my guess is his culpability will remain moral rather than legal.
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I think federal indictments for the classified document theft and coverup are dead dog certain.
I’d rate state criminal charges in GA as more likely than not.
As for Jan 6th I haven’t paid attention to what’s been uncovered in the last 18 months or so but my guess is his culpability will remain moral rather than legal.
@jon-nyc said in Schiff: ‘Sufficient evidence’ to criminally charge Trump:
I think federal indictments for the classified document theft and coverup are dead dog certain.
That was not under the charter of the Jan 6 commission. At least, I've not heard anything from the members regarding the Mar-a-Lago affair.
Would a reasonable prosecutor pursue criminal charges?
I’d rate state criminal charges in GA as more likely than not.
As for Jan 6th I haven’t paid attention to what’s been uncovered in the last 18 months or so but my guess is his culpability will remain moral rather than legal.
That's what Shiff is talking about - the Jan 6th stuff, and nothing else.
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@jon-nyc said in Schiff: ‘Sufficient evidence’ to criminally charge Trump:
I think federal indictments for the classified document theft and coverup are dead dog certain.
That was not under the charter of the Jan 6 commission. At least, I've not heard anything from the members regarding the Mar-a-Lago affair.
Would a reasonable prosecutor pursue criminal charges?
I’d rate state criminal charges in GA as more likely than not.
As for Jan 6th I haven’t paid attention to what’s been uncovered in the last 18 months or so but my guess is his culpability will remain moral rather than legal.
That's what Shiff is talking about - the Jan 6th stuff, and nothing else.
