WASHINGTON — A House committee recommended Donald Trump be prosecuted for his role in the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol, the first-ever such referral of a former U.S. president in the culmination of an investigation that began in July 2021.
The committee voted unanimously Monday to refer Trump for prosecution for multiple offenses including insurrection, which Rep. Jamie Raskin said would disqualify the former president from holding office, if convicted.
The U.S. is not a country where “foot soldiers go to jail and the masterminds and ringleaders get a free pass,” the Maryland Democrat said.
