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The U.S. House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack agreed unanimously to refer former President Donald Trump to the Justice Department .

“And were intended to interfere with the proper conduct of the joint session, where the existence of so-called competing slates of electors would serve as a pretext for legitimate electoral votes to be rejected.” democracy and that criminal referrals were important to seek accountability and ensure that a similar insurrection on the U.S. “These intentionally false documents were transmitted to multiple officers of the federal government,” U.S. While hundreds of Trump supporters who mobbed the Capitol that day have been charged, U.S. Thompson, a Mississippi Democrat, said Trump violated the basis of U.S. 6, 2021, and incited them to attempt to violently block the certification of election results. The Select Committee has recognized our obligation to do everything we can to ensure this never happens again.” Jamie Raskin, a Maryland Democrat and committee member, said Trump should also face charges 6 attack on the U.S. His actions violated a core principle of U.S. The U.S. In a post to his own social media network on Monday, Truth Social, Trump promoted another Dec.

The justice department may find it difficult to obtain a conviction for each charge referred by the January 6 committee.

At issue is the fact that Trump would almost certainly argue that both his now-infamous tweet urging supporters to protest at the Capitol – “Big protest in D.C. “Be there, will be wild!” – and his speech at the Ellipse rally could be protected first amendment activity. The third referral for conspiracy to make a false statement was, according to the legal experts, an appropriate choice if the justice department could prove conclusively that Trump was part of the conspiracy to submit the fake electoral slates to Congress and to the National Archives. Although the select committee presented the third referral as straightforward, legal experts said proving that Trump was part of the conspiracy could prove tricky: they would have to show he was personally involved in the plot, and that he knew it was to be used to induce illegal acts by Pence. The second referral for conspiracy to defraud was another possible charge that is likely to be considered by federal prosecutors, the experts said, since it does not need to be connected to an underlying crime besides impairing a lawful government function through dishonest means. [Donald Trump](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/donaldtrump) for charges that experts believe the justice department could definitely pursue should it move forward with prosecuting the former US president over his efforts to stop the congressional certification of the 2020 election.

Congress had never before formally urged the Department of Justice to bring criminal charges against a former president. But that changed when the ...

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A US House of Representatives panel has asked federal prosecutors to charge former US president Donald Trump with obstruction and insurrection for his role ...

"The Fake charges made by the highly partisan Unselect Committee of January 6th have already been submitted, prosecuted, and tried in the form of Impeachment Hoax #2," Mr Trump said in a post on his Truth Social platform. "Among the most shameful of this committee's findings. Please review their details and accept them to load the content.

Longtime judicial activist Leonard Leo appears to have helped facilitate the sale of former White House senior adviser Kellyanne Conway's polling company in ...

[statement at the time of the purchase](https://www.odwyerpr.com/story/public/9469/2017-09-28/crc-buys-kellyanne-conways-firm.html) from CRC president Greg Mueller regarding the sale said The Polling Company would maintain a D.C. Conway welcomed Leo to Trump Tower in Manhattan with a kiss on the cheek and then escorted him to lobby media cameras after what she described as a “fabulous” meeting, according to a POLITICO review of C-SPAN footage. [seeded by an anonymous $24 million donation](https://maplightarchive.org/story/new-dark-money-group-led-by-trump-judicial-adviser-tied-to-network-promoting-his-court-picks/), has been the focus of attention for helping to further the interests of the conservative legal movement through wealthy donors. Raúl Labrador, who was being considered for a post within the Justice Department, according to a review of C-SPAN livestream footage. 16 meeting by [putting to rest speculation](https://www.c-span.org/video/?c5029193/user-clip-leonard-leo-trump-tower) Trump might select a candidate to fill a Supreme Court vacancy other than one from Leo’s handpicked list of 21 names. Still, Kappel cautioned it may depend on whether Conway was advising the president on court nominations at the same moment she sold to constitute a clear violation of ethics rules. As a nonprofit, it is not required by the IRS to disclose its donors but Leo was listed as president in 2017. [now controls more than $1.6 billion](https://www.propublica.org/article/dark-money-leonard-leo-barre-seid) in conservative donor funds — interacted with key players in the conservative movement’s efforts to reshape the judiciary. During the same time frame Conway was a senior adviser to Trump, she was under pressure to sell The Polling Company. [same day of the sale](https://altgov2.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Kellyanne-E-Conway-2018-278.pdf), on Sept. Conway was among a small circle of advisers with outsized influence over a newly elected president whose commitment to overturning major precedents like the right to abortion was in doubt by some social conservatives. At the time, CRC was also bringing in millions of dollars from dark money groups to promote Leo’s picks.

The House committee that has caused former President Donald Trump problems for much of the past year delivered one more direct blow on Monday as it accused ...

Similarly, Cheney is ceding a megaphone to go after Trump with the conclusion of the Jan. In Monday’s hearing, Cheney used her opening statement to remind viewers that not only did Trump lay the foundation for Jan. A Republican-led House likely means the attention will shift away from Trump and Jan. Kinzinger also penned an op-ed in the aftermath of November’s midterms arguing Americans must reject Trump in 2024. [Adam Kinzinger](https://thehill.com/tag/adam-kinzinger/) [Department of Justice](https://thehill.com/tag/department-of-justice/) [Donald Trump](https://thehill.com/tag/donald-trump/) [Jan. Sources close to Trump, who launched a new White House bid less than a week after the midterm elections, ultimately don’t believe his support will erode because of the panel, arguing that public views on Jan. “He is unfit for any office.” No one, including a former president, is above the law,” Thompson said in an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper moments after the panel’s final public meeting. Thankfully, this marks the end of the reign of Pelosi and the Democrats—good riddance!” tweeted Taylor Budowich, head of the Trump-aligned MAGA Inc. The panel established to investigate the Jan. “The sham unselect committee has adjourned today, not because the investigation reached any valid legal conclusion, but because Democrats were voted out of power by the American people. Liz Cheney (Wyo.) and Adam Kinzinger (Ill.) — leaving Congress altogether.

Revealing private documents risks a tit for tat with Republicans set to retake control of the House of Representatives.

“That’s the end of tax privacy to me,” Mr. He is concerned that if the release of the documents is widely viewed as political, then a tit-for-tat scenario is likely to ensue. Trump’s tax returns from 2015 to 2020 and to potentially share the filings. Yin, an emeritus tax law professor at the University of Virginia, said that the bar should be high for Congress to obtain Mr. The rush to publicize them before Republicans retake control of the House next year, they argue, is the result of years of stalling by Mr. To demonstrate that there was a “legitimate legislative purpose” for the request, House Democrats sought the returns as part of an oversight inquiry into the effectiveness of a rule that requires the I.R.S. It is not clear what new information will be gleaned, though Democrats and tax experts will be combing through the returns to determine what kinds of strategies Mr. audit program that automatically reviews the tax returns of any elected president and vice president. “This rises above politics, and the committee will now conduct the oversight that we’ve sought for the last three and a half years,” Representative Richard E. “Going forward, partisans in Congress have nearly unlimited power to target political enemies by obtaining and making public their private tax returns to embarrass and destroy them.” to the Ways and Means Committee. Trump paid scant income taxes over the years and detailed the financial struggles of his properties, yet the full scope of his tax history remained shrouded in secrecy.

Senate Republicans are stepping out of the way of the House Jan. 6 committee's recommendation that the Justice Department prosecute former President Trump ...

6 and for failure to act to protect the vice president and the Capitol of the United States.” 6 committee’s investigation “was a political process” and that she had “never seen” Congress recommend the Justice Department prosecute someone before. Mitt Romney (R-Utah), who voted to convict Trump in both of his impeachment trials, said, “There’s no question that President Trump deserves culpability for inciting the riot on Jan. “It’s really up to [the Department of Justice] where they go next.” Shelley Moore Capito (W.Va.), another member of the Senate Republican leadership team, said she thought the Jan. The report’s important, even though it came out of a partisan process,” he said. 6 committee’s recommendation that the Justice Department prosecute former President Trump for crimes related to the 2021 attack on the U.S. The panel also recommended the House Ethics Committee investigate House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and several allies — Reps. 6 committee referring four criminal charges against Trump to the Justice Department. Senate Republicans are stepping out of the way of the House Jan. The Jan. GOP senators, especially those allied with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), say the Jan.

Democrats on the chief tax-writing committee in the House could vote on Tuesday to release tax return information on Donald Trump after winning a prolonged ...

“The IRS has a policy of auditing the tax returns of all sitting presidents and vice presidents,” Rep. “In light of this decision, I will consult with the Ways and Means Committee and consider the Finance Committee’s next steps.” “We must obtain President Trump’s tax returns and review whether the IRS is carrying out its responsibilities.” tax system and how its complexities allow it to be exploited in bad faith. Trump once said that’s the way he looks at it,” Rosenthal said. “Or perhaps [it just has] a conclusion saying the Ways and Means Committee reviewed these tax returns and there’s nothing to worry about. “Does that report have all the information that the Ways and Means Committee obtained? This is both-sides-ism.’ And so they’re going to ask for the tax return information on Hunter Biden and Joe Biden and whoever else they want to embarrass.” It could also help to close the book on the matter once and for all. And the IRS apparently never challenged [that],” Rosenthal wrote online on Monday. This is not limited to public officials, but can target private citizens, business and labor leaders, and Supreme Court justices,” he said. 6 committee considers its own set of criminal referrals against the former president.

Donald Trump knowingly led a dangerous conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election and should be held criminally responsible for the violent attack on the ...

[[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]). You can reach the team at Beyond the tens of thousands of deaths and displacement of millions, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has also dealt a grievous blow to Ukrainian culture. from the Bahamas. The Justice Department could simply drop the committee’s recommendation in the wastebasket and move on. Justice Department prosecutors, in particular, have been investigating many of the same issues as the congressional committee. The committee’s findings have already damaged Trump politically. Nearly all of the committee’s major findings centered on Trump and the “multipart conspiracy” that it said he led. Nearly 18 months ago, when the House first created a special committee to investigate Jan. “None of the events of Jan. 6 attack offered something definitive at a time when Trump and his allies continue to perpetuate lies about the 2020 election and its aftermath. Donald Trump knowingly led a dangerous conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election and should be held criminally responsible for the violent attack on the Capitol on Jan.

Today, the House Ways and Means Committee is meeting to decide whether to publicly release six years of former president Donald Trump's federal tax returns ...

[unveiled a roughly $1.7 trillion deal](https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2022/12/20/government-spending-deal-shutdown/?itid=lk_inline_manual_4) to fund the U.S. government through most of 2023, setting up a late-hour scramble on Capitol Hill to approve the sprawling package and avert a potential shutdown on Friday. Today, the House Ways and Means Committee is meeting to decide whether to publicly release six years of former president Donald Trump’s federal tax returns that it obtained after a lengthy court battle.

Former President Donald Trump announces he is running for president for the third time ion November 15, 2022. Andrew Harnik/AP. CNN ...

The information could paint a picture of what kind of scrutiny the IRS has pursued on Trump in the past and whether any of that scrutiny changed when he became president. When the returns are made public, they could shed light on how wealthy Trump really is, how much he gave to charity and how much he paid in taxes. When Neal requested Trump’s tax information in 2019, he wasn’t the first chairman to use an arcane section of the tax code known as 6013 to glean confidential tax information. Back in 2014, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp led the committee in releasing confidential tax information to further the committee’s investigation into whether the IRS had unfairly targeted conservative organizations when deciding on groups to probe. Trump had no taxable income in either year, but he was able to carry forward the deduction to future years, further limiting the amount of federal income tax he had to pay. The committee has had access to Trump’s taxes for weeks after winning a lengthy legal battle that began in the spring of 2019. In a separate report, the Joint Committee on Taxation offered a summary of its review of tax returns between 2015 and 2020 for Trump and several of his businesses. The report noted that an IRS agent assigned to audit Trump’s taxes suggested disallowing the entire $21.1 million deduction because Trump did not get a qualified appraisal for the land. While there is historic precedent for Ways and Means to release confidential tax information, a decision to put it out to the public comes with intense political fallout as Trump has already declared he is running for president in 2024. Brady said that the committee voted to release Trump’s returns for six years, along with returns from eight affiliated businesses. The Ways and Means Committee report concluded that the IRS failed to audit Trump’s taxes as required under the mandatory presidential audit program. Chairman Richard Neal and fellow Democrats said Tuesday that the records they obtained showed that the presidential audit program failed to work as intended.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Rep. Jamie Raskin, who led the Jan. 6 House subcommittee that examined criminal referrals to the Justice Department against ...

And I trust and hope that the members of the ethics committee on a bipartisan basis will consider this very serious problem. I think most of the public understands that Donald Trump's own attorney general said that his claims in the big lie are, quote, "BS" ... (through the fake electors scheme specifically), and that he "acted to incite, assist and give aid and comfort to an insurrection." Obviously, someone with a jaundiced eye could go in and try to look for something else, but we're used to that at this point and we really do feel like we're standing up for democracy for future generations. We're not able to take them to court, likely because of the He adds that the former president also engaged in a conspiracy to make false statements and defraud the U.S. "It's of special concern when there's an attempt to overthrow our election and essentially subdue our constitutional order and have someone seize the presidency who didn't win it," he says. And so all we really could do is refer them to the ethics committee. "And if members of Congress have knowledge of that and may have been involved in it but refuse to say anything about it, we're setting a precedent for future attacks on democracy itself. 6 panel who previously served as the lead manager in Trump's second impeachment trial — tells Morning Edition's Steve Inskeep that ignoring or burying those recommendations would set "a terrible precedent for the future." It also referred four fellow members of Congress, all Republicans, to the House ethics committee for failing to comply with subpoenas. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., — a member of the Jan.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Rep. Jamie Raskin, who led the Jan. 6 House subcommittee that examined criminal referrals to the Justice Department against ...

And I trust and hope that the members of the ethics committee on a bipartisan basis will consider this very serious problem. I think most of the public understands that Donald Trump's own attorney general said that his claims in the big lie are, quote, "BS" ... We're not able to take them to court, likely because of the (through the fake electors scheme specifically), and that he "acted to incite, assist and give aid and comfort to an insurrection." Obviously, someone with a jaundiced eye could go in and try to look for something else, but we're used to that at this point and we really do feel like we're standing up for democracy for future generations. He adds that the former president also engaged in a conspiracy to make false statements and defraud the U.S. "It's of special concern when there's an attempt to overthrow our election and essentially subdue our constitutional order and have someone seize the presidency who didn't win it," he says. And so all we really could do is refer them to the ethics committee. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., — a member of the Jan. "And if members of Congress have knowledge of that and may have been involved in it but refuse to say anything about it, we're setting a precedent for future attacks on democracy itself. 6 panel who previously served as the lead manager in Trump's second impeachment trial — tells Morning Edition's Steve Inskeep that ignoring or burying those recommendations would set "a terrible precedent for the future." It also referred four fellow members of Congress, all Republicans, to the House ethics committee for failing to comply with subpoenas.

"If Donald Trump had succeeded, he'd be bragging about it," says Raskin, a member of the Jan. 6 panel. He argues the former president must be held ...

And I trust and hope that the members of the ethics committee on a bipartisan basis will consider this very serious problem. I think most of the public understands that Donald Trump's own attorney general said that his claims in the big lie are, quote, "BS" ... (through the fake electors scheme specifically), and that he "acted to incite, assist and give aid and comfort to an insurrection." Obviously, someone with a jaundiced eye could go in and try to look for something else, but we're used to that at this point and we really do feel like we're standing up for democracy for future generations. We're not able to take them to court, likely because of the He adds that the former president also engaged in a conspiracy to make false statements and defraud the U.S. "It's of special concern when there's an attempt to overthrow our election and essentially subdue our constitutional order and have someone seize the presidency who didn't win it," he says. And so all we really could do is refer them to the ethics committee. "And if members of Congress have knowledge of that and may have been involved in it but refuse to say anything about it, we're setting a precedent for future attacks on democracy itself. 6 panel who previously served as the lead manager in Trump's second impeachment trial — tells Morning Edition's Steve Inskeep that ignoring or burying those recommendations would set "a terrible precedent for the future." It also referred four fellow members of Congress, all Republicans, to the House ethics committee for failing to comply with subpoenas. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., — a member of the Jan.

"If Donald Trump had succeeded, he'd be bragging about it," says Raskin, a member of the Jan. 6 panel. He argues the former president must be held ...

And I trust and hope that the members of the ethics committee on a bipartisan basis will consider this very serious problem. I think most of the public understands that Donald Trump's own attorney general said that his claims in the big lie are, quote, "BS" ... We're not able to take them to court, likely because of the (through the fake electors scheme specifically), and that he "acted to incite, assist and give aid and comfort to an insurrection." Obviously, someone with a jaundiced eye could go in and try to look for something else, but we're used to that at this point and we really do feel like we're standing up for democracy for future generations. He adds that the former president also engaged in a conspiracy to make false statements and defraud the U.S. "It's of special concern when there's an attempt to overthrow our election and essentially subdue our constitutional order and have someone seize the presidency who didn't win it," he says. And so all we really could do is refer them to the ethics committee. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., — a member of the Jan. "And if members of Congress have knowledge of that and may have been involved in it but refuse to say anything about it, we're setting a precedent for future attacks on democracy itself. 6 panel who previously served as the lead manager in Trump's second impeachment trial — tells Morning Edition's Steve Inskeep that ignoring or burying those recommendations would set "a terrible precedent for the future." It also referred four fellow members of Congress, all Republicans, to the House ethics committee for failing to comply with subpoenas.

House committee to make decision after January 6 panel referred Donald Trump to the justice department to face criminal charges.

He has said the case was politically motivated and the company plans to appeal. The Trump Organization was found guilty on 6 December in New York of carrying out a 15-year criminal scheme to defraud tax authorities. That allowed him to pay very little in taxes.

President Trump in the White House briefing room. The Trump administration had refused to comply with a 2019 request for Donald J. Trump's tax returns under the ...

At the end of 2021, Judge McFadden finally ruled, agreeing that the law was on the side of the Ways and Means Committee but warning that he believed it would be a bad idea to make Mr. Trump’s returns in 2019, after Democrats took over the House in the 2018 midterm elections and began trying to perform oversight of the Trump administration. He moved to the powerful Ways and Committee in 1993, where he emerged as an institutionalist and gained the respect of both parties. But they do show how the cash flowed, in a chain of transactions, to several Trump-controlled companies and then directly to Mr. “Regrettably, the deed is done,” he said, arguing that the decision had “nothing to do with the stated purpose of reviewing the I.R.S. House Democrats championed the Ways and Means Committee’s vote to publicly release the tax returns of former President Donald J. revenue agent possesses in conducting the audit of presidential returns and the absence of guardrails to ensure that such employee is not subject to undue influence by a president or his representatives.” commissioner who served during the first year of Trump’s presidency, said in an interview that he was not involved in the presidential audit process and that he did not know why the audits did not occur. “The Ways and Means Committee’s solemn oversight work has revealed the urgent need for legislation to ensure the public can trust in real accountability and transparency during the audit of a sitting president’s tax returns — not only in the case of President Trump, but for any president,” Ms. The suggestion of dysfunction in the auditing program was an early takeaway in what could be a series of disclosures related to the release of Mr. “What was clear today is that public disclosure of President Trump’s private tax returns has nothing to do with the stated purpose of reviewing the I.R.S. Neal of Massachusetts, had said the panel needed the data to assess the

Soon after becoming the first president in American history to be the target of a criminal referral for having abetted an insurrection, Donald Trump ...

6](https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/06/29/trump-january-6-timeline/?itid=lb_the-jan-6-insurrection_12). 6 report](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/12/19/questions-jan6-committee-report/?itid=lb_the-jan-6-insurrection_5). [Five people died](https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/trump-riot-death-medical-exainer/2021/04/07/53806608-97cf-11eb-a6d0-13d207aadb78_story.html?itid=lb_the-jan-6-insurrection_7) on that day or in the immediate aftermath, and [140 police officers were assaulted](https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/01/14/dc-police-capitol-riot/?itid=lb_the-jan-6-insurrection_8). [Here’s what the criminal referrals mean](https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/12/19/jan-6-criminal-referrals-faq/?itid=lb_the-jan-6-insurrection_2). Capitol](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2021/jan-6-insurrection-capitol/?itid=lb_the-jan-6-insurrection_6) in an attempt to stop the certification of the 2020 election results. 6 committee report](https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/12/19/takeaways-jan-6-committee-report-introduction/?itid=lb_the-jan-6-insurrection_4) so far and what we will be [looking for in the final Jan. [first part of its final report](https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/12/19/jan-6-report-summary-pdf/?itid=lb_the-jan-6-insurrection_3), the rest will be released later this week. Capitol](https://www.washingtonpost.com/january-6-capitol-riot/?itid=lb_the-jan-6-insurrection_1) held its final public meeting Monday where members referred four criminal charges against former president Donald Trump and others to the Justice Department. The first was the vote to instantiate the select committee in early July. But it seems to be the case that he isn’t expanding his appeal by playing the victim. There’s no indication, either, that elevating how he contributed to the events of Jan. It remains to be seen whether the criminal referrals have that effect.

I agree with veteran strategist and pollster Mark Penn that the Twitter Files revealed an unacceptable level of censorship of conservative voices.

[become more robust ](https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2022/12/04/some-gop-lawmakers-denounce-trumps-call-for-termination-of-constitution/?sh=105e6ffe38ff)as his fortunes appear to fade. Here's a [snippet of our recent conversation ](https://twitter.com/Forbes/status/1603414075366481921)about the happiest of holiday topics: the IRS. Another classic move: [reversing earlier promises](https://www.forbes.com/sites/ericmack/2022/12/17/tracking-elon-musks-jet-is-legit-for-another-reason/?sh=6d3b59e7c5e0) to allow people to post his jet’s movement based on publicly available data, which has not been linked to stalking (as he wrongly claimed) and does tell us something about the carbon footprint of a man claiming to be a champion of climate action. [Bill Baldwin](https://www.forbes.com/sites/baldwin/?sh=27781212531f), you should. And Musk, having polled Twitter users on whether he should step down as CEO, had little to say when the [ answer was overwhelmingly “yes!](https://www.forbes.com/sites/dereksaul/2022/12/19/musk-remains-silent-eight-hours-after-poll-supporting-his-resignation-as-twitter-ceo-ends/?sh=711a78e4552c)” He did tweet “be careful what you wish, as you might get it.” Under Musk’s new edict, [issued in response to a user,](https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1604985324505030658) only “Carol” will be allowed to vote in future polls. Weinstein’s abuse was such an open secret that [Seth McFarlane joked about it at the Oscars ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIXkEgeevw8&ab_channel=playggg)years before any of the stories were put into print. With the exception of one commenter–a Twitter Blue subscriber named Carol with no bio and [a profile picture of the American flag](https://twitter.com/carolbartley511)–the critics telling me to shut up appear to be all men. [the interview](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2012-01-26/harvey-weinstein-on-backing-the-artist). It’s hard to imagine how anyone – in a movie or real life, then [or now](https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicholasreimann/2022/11/02/kanye-west-paid-settlement-to-employee-who-heard-him-praising-hitler-report-says/?sh=6ba2b69e6865) – could harbor anything but hatred for a genocidal dictator. Meanwhile, in Washington, the January 6 House Committee [made four criminal referrals ](https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2022/12/19/january-6-committee-makes-four-criminal-referrals-against-trump-to-the-justice-department/?sh=3773307f427e)against former President Donald Trump to the Justice Department as it wrapped up its investigation into his role in the January 6 riots on the Capitol. As I grew older, I came to appreciate the complexity of dealing with powerful men (or women – in theory).

The former president railed against the committee as it urged the Justice Department to consider criminal charges.

“People are just sick of kind of running to defend him all the time.” The committee’s final report concluded that the “evidence has led to an overriding and straightforward conclusion: The central cause of Jan. The committee’s final public hearing focused on Trump’s role in bringing his supporters to Washington and sending them to the Capitol in an attempt to stop the certification of the 2020 election that Mr.

Information about six years of Donald Trump's tax returns could be released by the Democratic-controlled House Ways and Means Committee.

"We knew the strength of our case, we stayed the course, followed the advice of counsel, and finally, our case has been affirmed by the highest court in the land," Chairman Neal said at the time. Supreme Court denied](https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/supreme-court-rules-donald-trump-turn-taxes-house/story?id=93814652) Trump's request to block an appears court order that he surrender his tax returns and other financial records to the committee. This is not limited to public officials, but can target private citizens, business and labor leaders, and Supreme Court justices," he said. It's not immediately clear what significant new information might be in the committee's possession. The committee is in the process of redacting personal information and will release the documents once that's finished, which Neal said could be in a "few days." The tax returns will cover six years, from 2015 to 2020, Neal later said.

The Justice Department is investigating Donald Trump. It also has to decide if it will defend him from lawsuits.

In other instances, however, the Justice Department has declined to shield allies of Trump from scrutiny. [Trump should not be sued personally](https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/07/politics/e-jean-carroll-trump-lawsuit-justice-department/index.html) for derogatory statements he made while president about a rape accuser that are now the subject of a defamation lawsuit. The department refused to defend Rep. They’re considering the [February ruling from US District Judge Amit Mehta](https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/18/politics/trump-giuliani-swalwell-january-6-lawsuit/index.html) that allowed the civil lawsuits against Trump to go forward, while dismissing the claims against some members of Trump’s inner circle who had also been named as defendants. Tuesday, the appeals court “invited” the Justice Department to file by January 17 a so-called friend of the court brief on Trump’s appeal. The civil case raises major questions about the presidency, that ultimately have never been resolved definitively in federal court.