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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Dec 19, 2022

The U.S. House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol approved four criminal and two ethics referrals today, The Hill reports. The criminal referrals ask the Department of Justice to charge former president Donald Trump with inciting an insurrection, conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to make a false statement and obstruction of an official proceeding. The committee also today recommended an ethics inquiry into Republican House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and other top allies of former President Trump for their refusal to cooperate in its probe.