Panel urges prosecution of Trump, allies over Capitol attack, efforts to overturn election

A video presentation plays as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol holds its final meeting in Washington on Monday. (/Jacquelyn Martin/Associated Press)

WASHINGTON — The House Jan. 6 committee urged the Justice Department on Monday to bring criminal charges against former President Donald Trump and his allies, wrapping up its investigation of the violent 2021 Capitol insurrection with what lawmakers called a “roadmap to justice.”

As they cap one of the most exhaustive and aggressive congressional probes in memory, the panel’s seven Democrats and two Republicans are recommending criminal charges against Trump and associates who helped him launch a multifaceted pressure campaign to try to overturn his 2020 election loss. The panel also released a lengthy summary of its final report, with findings that Trump engaged in a “multi-part conspiracy” to overturn the election.