According to reports, the congressional investigation into the disturbance at the Capitol last year would recommend three criminal charges against former President Donald Trump.
US media report that a House of Representatives committee will seek an unusual rebellion charge against a former president.
Next Monday, the panel is slated to release its final findings.
On 6 January 2021, Trump loyalists stormed Congress in an attempt to halt Joe Biden’s certification as president.
The department of justice, which is already investigating Mr. Trump’s role in the rioting, is not required to examine referrals from congressional committees.
Mr. Trump denies wrongdoing. His spokesperson, Steven Cheung, issued the following statement on Friday: “The January 6th un-Select Committee had show trials conducted by Never Trump partisans who are a disgrace on this nation’s history.”
On Monday, the select committee is set to convene its last meeting, at which time any recommendations regarding fees will be presented.
In addition to insurrection, the panel will reportedly recommend that Mr. Trump be charged with obstruction of an official proceeding and conspiracy to defraud the United States.
The nine panelists are scheduled to accept and submit to the Department of Justice the final eight-chapter report based on interviews with more than 1,000 witnesses (DoJ).
The whole report will be released on Wednesday, according to the select committee’s chairman, Mississippi Democrat Bennie Thompson.
Another member of the panel, California congresswoman Zoe Lofgren, told CNN on Friday that the legislators have “been extremely diligent in framing these [charging] recommendations and tying them to the facts that we’ve unearthed.”
The House Select Committee has asserted that Mr. Trump circulated false claims about the 2020 presidential election being stolen before forcing state officials, the Justice Department, and his vice president to sabotage his loss. In a desperate attempt to retain control, the panel blames him for inciting the Capitol violence.
The Department of Justice is already examining the behavior of the former Republican president during the unrest.
The House impeached Mr. Trump for a second time based on incitement to revolt seven days after the raid on Congress.
Mr. Trump, the first president ever to be impeached twice, was exonerated by the United States Senate.
Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed an ex-war crimes prosecutor to determine whether or not Mr. Trump should be prosecuted last month.
Jack Smith is tasked with evaluating whether the 2024 presidential candidate should be prosecuted for mishandling confidential documents discovered during an August FBI raid of Mr. Trump’s Florida residence, or for inciting a violent mob on 6 January 2021.
The mass invasion of Congress has resulted in the indictment of hundreds of individuals.
Doug Jensen characterized as the “poster boy” of the riots by prosecutors as one of the first to breach the Capitol, and Stewart Rhodes, leader of the far-right group the Oath Keepers, are among the dozens who have been convicted.
