
As the January 6 select committee continues with its hearings on the Capitol riot and the months of activity that led up to it, the panel’s members are at odds on a key question: whether they will refer Donald Trump to the Department of Justice for criminal investigation.
Speaking after Monday’s hearing, which focused on the genesis of Mr Trump’s false claims that the election was stolen, committee chair Bennie Thompson told a gaggle of reporters that there was no referral in the works.